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ANALYSIS: Nobody in the NBA has played more minutes than Max Strus through Saturday while starting fewer than six games. Strus has logged 217 MP already in his seven games (just one start) and the closest player to that tally on one-or-no starts is Bennedict Mathurin with 195 MP.
The equation is clear here: ample playing time + no starting role + Miami Heat = Strus must be doing something very right. And indeed he is. Struss has logged at least 28 MP in all but one game this season (24 MP against Boston more than a week ago) while averaging gaudy numbers.
Strus is currently putting up 13+ PPG, 5+ RPG, and 1.5+ APG in his 31 MPG. He's doing so with a subpar usage rate below 20% with an 18 USG% on average through seven games played. Miami should welcome Victor Oladipo back at some point this week and that might take some more touches/opportunities from Strus' diet but he's been so good that I don't even know if that'd be the case.
It's been three games in a row for Max hitting 11+ points and 3+ treys (he topped at 16 pops and 4 triples on Oct. 26 against Portland while also pulling down a season-high 9 rebounds). Strus is basically doing it all these days, has shot 11+ FGA in all last five games, and if his shooting gets a bit more consistent (he's had three games below 27 percent FG%) he'll turn into an FP-churning machine on all fronts.
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