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Herro vs Connaughton is comparing apples and oranges. If they were traded for each other straight up, the Bucks and Heat might both get worse.On the Bucks, Herro would be reduced to the 4th option behind Giannis, Middleton, and Holiday. He could match Connaughton's offense but the Bucks would get worse on defense. Overall a net loss.On the Heat, Connaughton wouldn't be able to replicate Herro's volume scoring. The Heat have plenty of role playing shooters already like Max Strus and Duncan Robinson. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo are good scorers but not good enough to carry an offense by themselves. A volume scorer is more valuable to the Heat due to their roster construction.
Herro is still a weak defender. He's also inconsistent. His true shooting percentage , as was discussed earlier in this thread, bears that out.Consistency is what separates the great players from the good players. So, while Herro looks like an All-Star at times, he lacks All-Star consistency. That's why I put Herro in the 76-100 tier.
If you have a subscription to the Athletic, Eric Nehm went deep on Jrue Holiday's defensive prowess. Including film clips with Jrue giving analysis. It'll take some time to get through, but if you're a basketball nerd, it's really fun.https://theathletic.com/3203712/2022/04/11/bucks-guard-jrue-holiday-on-his-secrets-to-being-one-of-the-nbas-best-defenders/
Exactly. And at 22, that's to be expected somewhat. The question the Heat have to answer is whether or not he will become more consistent. Remember that his is only four years removed from high school.
Some of the criticism at the beginning of the year made sense. He was a key player in the 2020 bubbled playoffs, but did not show much growth from there in 2021. He has been better this year.
Totally fair. I think its just an interesting revisit cause Herro was getting mocked for wanting to be talked about with other young stars, when all he's done is continue to improve. Does he need to get more consistent? Absolutely. But all he's done YoY is improve his stats across the board as his usage and role continues to grow.Not to mention Connaughton is likely at his ceiling where as Herro has a ways to go potentially. If I had to bet, Herro gets a big contract but also lives up to the majority of its value.
So Kyrie just said post game that he’s fasting for Ramadan. Is he Muslim now?
He converted over a year ago (or at least it was widely publicized a year ago).
Ah. I just thought it was Kyrie being Kyrie.
The play-in games are just dumb. I have no idea why this change was made.
To keep more teams alive longer, thereby giving more fans hope longer, thereby wringing more $$$ from hopeful fans.You might not like the idea, but the NBA knew exactly what they were doing, and it’s working.
The fact that Minnesota with 46 wins can be knocked out of the playoffs and a team with 12 more losses can get in because of the result of 2 games is absurd.
If Minnesota loses two straight games (at home), one of which is to a team with 12 more losses than them, then they don't deserve to be in the playoffs.They get 2 chances to play and be in. They need to prove they belong.
I dunno.....can't anything happen in two games vs different opponents?
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Yep. It puts meaningful games toward the start of the playoffs while also giving the top seeds time to rest their players a bit. I think it’s a fun little beginning.
it also cuts down on teams tanking, which again keeps fans more interested and spending money
Yeah, it's growing on me. The atmosphere in Minnesota helped answer Muggsy's question of why. But I'd also be fine if they didn't have a play-in tournament.I also don't feel bad at all for teams that get eliminated from the play-in tournament. Want to avoid the play-in? Win more regular-season games. Want to advance out of the play-in? Win your play-in game(s). It is 100% in your control. It's like Buzz's team and others that get "snubbed" by the NCAAT committee. Want to make the tourney? Win more!Good point.