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[SleepingHero]

Robinson was 1/9 from 3 against the Mavs earlier this year, and has put up several other games like that

Don't you always tell me that shooters go cold sometimes whenever we talk about THJ?  

He's a great shooter, but I'm just going to keep saying it: the things you hate about THJ are going to be there with ANY shooter you watch on a night to night basis.

I think you're undervaluing Robinson as a shooter. He isn't just a great shooter, he's one of the league's best. Top 5. Arguably top 3 given how impactful he is to Miami and the role he plays there. He might have some off nights, but his variance is not nearly that of THJ's. One of these days I'll actually sit down and calculate the individual sample variance's for THJ and whatever shooter we're looking at to see the numbers. 

No matter, we're talking about Robinson, who by in large would breakout here. I could see him as a Klay Thompson lite standing next to Luka getting all these open threes. For the same reasons I'd want Buddy, Robinson would be my go to.
 

Robinson plays less defense than Curry, who plays less defense than Hardaway.

Robinson's defense isn't good, and the defensive metrics paint him out to be a poor defender, he was still good enough to play nearly 30mpg as a starter on a team that bullied it's way to the finals last season. So, it can't be that terrible. 

And before you mention how Miami has some elite defenders in Bam and Jimmy, the Mavs theoretically also have some great defensive players in DFS/KP/JRich. So I think it'd work just fine.