Scholarship table
This guy gets it. Do we really think it's just a coincidence that after a full season of playing every team in the NBA, the Heat lose Herro and then play the 3 best teams in the NBA plus a solid but not spectacular Knicks team and have a much better winning percentage and a much, much better offensive efficiency? Their offense changed without Herro. The ball actually moves. They're clearly a better team without Herro in the lineup.But oh no! They looked bad for a single game!
I noticed that Fluffy essentially said nothing positive about Vincent or Robinson after G2 but is now excoriating Gabe because he had a bad game. The fact of the matter is, as you have stated repeatedly, Miami without Herro no longer has a perpetual ball stopper who dribbles superfluously like Kyrie. The flow of the offense is completely different with far better ball and player movement. It's not about which individual is better, it's about whether the team is better.
I really love watching Jokic play. In addition to his physical talent, he "thinks" and "sees" such a great game. He's like Gretzky or Bird or Magic in the way he anticipates openings in the opposing defense.Van Gundy made a really good point about how soft Jokic's shot is -- he gets bounces that a lot of others don't, and often those bounces happen after a spinning move during which he has to contort that big body of his.A truly unique offensive talent, and one that would have excelled in any era IMHO.
Ah, shifting goalposts I see....
Not at all. Is that your euphemism for I don't have a rebuttal?
Again, you said "addition by subtraction." Now when shown how ridiculous a statement that is, you are merely parroting someone else's point.
Have a good day Fluffy. The whole point of addition by subtraction is that multiple guys are now involved and the ball movement is better.
Fore a basketball chat board, itz amazin' how many y'all don't no chit 'bout ball, hey?
Woj knew nothing about interpersonal relationships or coaching a team. Plus, he was either stubborn, ignorant, or both and didn't learn. So yeah, the Hausers were write. Move on if you don't like something. The differences between Shaka and Woj are so apparent. Pretty sure Smart would neva gotten his tit stuck in a wringer like Woj did, aina?
The Heat in this series? They are not “just fine.”
"I'm back!" ~Joe Prunty
Between Prunty and Stotts on Stats coming back, we are seeing some of the Greatest Hits.
First Stotts...now Prunty.Wonder what Scott Skiles or Larry Drew are up to.
You have to look at the playoffs as a whole. Vincent and Martin have been huge in their wins. Vincent isn't better than Herro, it about the rotation now and the collective production of several players. Herro is a very good iso scorer but that would not have been a winning formula for the Heat in the playoffs and would have truncated the minutes of three players that have all been highly important to their Finals run.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
None of this addresses what I posted. Herro being available or not available has nothing to do with how Vincent or Martin have performed in the playoffs. If Herro was available, Spo could have still played Vincent and Martin in the exact same way and just had Herro come off the bench, or sit on the bench in case of emergency. I guarantee you that even if you accept the premise that Heat are better with Vincent and Martin playing big minutes, Herro is at very least better than the last guy on the roster. Ergo, not addition by subtraction.
Herro averaged 35 mins a game during the course of the season and close to 17 shots per game. I disagree that Spo would have played Martin, Vincent, or Robinson close to the minutes they have gotten in the playoffs.