Kobewade11 wrote:If you're questioning Herro's fit on a potential return what you're really doing is doubting Erik Spoelstra. He is going to put guys where they need to be to succeed.
Lennyzinho wrote:I ain't no Herro stan but y'all are taking this a bit too far.
The biggest change to the Heat has been the 3pt shooting %
I understand what some are saying that the ball is moving more and we are getting better shots etc... We were getting plenty of good looks during regular season, the ball just wasn't going in. Herro and Caleb were our best 3pt shooters during the season. And the main difference in the playoffs, is that Jimmy touches the ball every possession and initiates the action. It's not that Herro is out of the rotation.
Also, Herro seemed to plateau offensively, but he improved defensively. There were articles by SI and Heavy about Herro's improved defense:
https://heatnation.com/team-news/eastern-conference-executive-praises-tyler-herro-for-his-improved-defense-you-definitely-cant-target-him-anymore/Saying exactly the opposite of what y'all are saying, that he isn't someone to target over and over anymore. Strus is bigger but worse defensively. Vincent is 'pesky' and 'relentless' as Reggie Miller likes to point out but is small, got picked on by Jaylen Brown, commits bad fouls and almost cost us game 6 vs the Knicks. Not only would I take Herro over the Duncan minutes, I'd also take him over Gabe in the Lowry/Gabe playing together rotation or even closing out games. Herro was literally the best FT shooter in the league this year at 93.4%. Dude hadn't missed a FT attempt in over 100 tries until he got hurt. He's a very good rebounder for his size and has much better leaping ability or crashing boards than Gabe and shoots better from 3 and also creates better...
Gabe shot 11 for 41 which is .268% from 3 during the Knicks series. Thank goodness he went 3 for 5 yesterday to average that out a bit. He's a career 33.3% 3 Pt shooter, Herro is a career 38% shooter and was shooting that same percentage this year also. Bigger. Better rebounder. Better creator.
You wanna trade Herro to upgrade the team, that's fine. If it gets us a real upgrade, I'm here for it. But if someone is suggesting trade Herro away so we can make sure to pay Gabe 15M a year, I'll lose it.
Wiltside wrote:Let’s not act like Herro is some scrub. He’s one of our better talents on the roster and a 20ppg scorer. If he comes back, we’ll find a spot for him in the rotation. It just won’t be as a starter right now. Would be useful though in games either Vincent, Strus, Robinson, Martin or Lowry are struggling though.
The pattern for this team has always been players stepping up when key players are out - 'Next Man Up' philosophy. Spo also not only does a great job adjusting but gets the most out of the rest of the roster. It's no difference here. Yet the very player being criticized here was instrumental in the absence of Jimmy, Bam & Lowry last season in helping this team win ball games & in turn clinching 1st seed.
It's amusing to read so many calling players such as Gabe & Strus scrubs & wanting to trade them in reg season but now that we've turned up, awake for the playoffs, Jimmy playing on another planet, our 3s finally dropping & EVERYBODY is playing well in Herro's absence, they'd then rather these same 'scrubs' you wanted to rid of over Herro & now deeming Herro a liability even though nobody actually knows how we'd be w/ Herro playing.
So It's absurd reading these comments esp regarding a 20ppg player, who is only in his 4th season. We talk about him like he's a finished product or a scrub when i guarantee many teams would want him on their roster. It's situations such as this where we're deep in the playoffs that players gain experience & develop their game, IQ & mentality. We need everybody out there especially our young guns.
Criticism of Herro currently is nothing but hypothetical & speculation considering nobody knows what this team would currently look like if he was on the court. Herro looked to be in prove-himself mode - in 19mins vs Bucks His line was 12pts, 2rebounds, 2assits, 1block on 55.6% shooting including 2 of 4 from 3s for 50%. Small sample size but we all agree Herro looked good. We don't know wether he'd have dropped 30+ that game & continued to have a solid performance throughout PO's. Hell he may have even won us 1 or 2 games. It's currently unfair to then GUESS how bad Herro would be had he been playing. This is ridiculous & again only our very own fan base would do this to one of our own. Doesn't shock me at all.
Also why are we second guessing Spo & our coaching staff after the brilliance where showing that you think we wouldn't understand how to insert Herro w/out disrupting what we have if he does come back. Like suddenly Spo's brain switches to retard-mode
I guarantee our coaches & front office do not share the same view w/ fans. They'd want Herro playing. But again had we listened to fans most our players are already gone, we'd have tanked & watching playoff games on the couch.
what they have good players and pushers and floppers but none of these guys are stars or super stars come on 
