Max Strus

Known primarily as a shoot-first guard, Max Strus showed the New Orleans Pelicans he can facilitate his team to a win. The fourth-year Miami Heat guard made the smart play when he hit a cutting Orlando Robinson with a dish in the lane that led to a Robinson layup. Strus was his typical productive self from long range by connecting on 4 of 10 3-pointers for 16 points off the bench while also mixing in a career-best 10 assists in Miami’s runaway 124-98 victory on January 18, 2023. Strus averaged the best numbers of his career in points, rebounds and assists per game while also playing a career-best 28.4 minutes across 80 games in 2022-23.