It’s tempting to heap a truck full of credit on Justise Winslow.
Through the rookie’s first 196 professional minutes, the Miami HEAT are outscoring opponents by 19.4 points per 100 possessions – a number which includes a defensive rating of 84.3 that would be, by a good margin, the best mark in the league. There have been flashes of a budding dynamic offensive player, but it’s the defense that is surpassing all but the most outlandish expectations.
“He’s confusing me,” Chris Bosh said. “You always want to be easy on the rooks and everything, but he’s raising the bar.