This team is dreadful offensively. There, I said it. It's almost like none of these guys understand how to play winning offensive basketball and they don't have any understanding of the concept of pace and spacing. Yes, we know this team can defend, but you can't play every game like this. You can't hope and pray the team you are playing is utterly inept offensively.
If I'm an opposing coach, I run zone against Miami. I run it until Miami forces me to stop doing it, because this team has absolutely no idea how to attack one. Honestly, I look at this team as a scathing indictment of AAU ball, because watching this team feels a lot like watching an AAU team. It's almost like they don't practice together, it's "Roll the ball out and let's run". Hopefully Coach Lucas is able to get that corrected as time goes on and the roster becomes established, but it's frustrating to watch live. It's unwatchable, because you can see the buckets left on the table because most of the players have no feel for the game.
That said, shoutout to #11. That's a good minutes eater half. He wasn't awful, he held his own and contributed. If Miami can get that kind of production out of him long term, that's good. I don't expect him to a be a star, or even a high end sub, just be a big body that can provide resistance defensively.
