MiamiLoyal926 wrote:We own our own pick this year and cannot trade it until draft night after the pick is made… so I do not mind us using the first half of this season to let Herro play as the “go to” man and put up lots of shots so long as he goes back and watches footage of his play and studies what works and doesn’t work for himself. As long as Spo and Herro are using this time to help fine tune Herro’s game, I am all for it. Same goes for the kids… let them learn on the court and through their own mistakes and footage.
If at the end of the season we are a lower seed… that just means we have a better position in the draft and get another crack at getting another JJJ type player, or improving our pick for a trade on or after draft night. As we saw this last playoffs, getting the top seed is not essential, although home court advantage is nice, but better draft position can help you get a good player like JJJ. The sweet spot is getting that higher pick and still making it to the finals like we did. You get to compete while also build through the draft.
If we are losing games as a means of experimenting and letting our players play in a sandbox to benefit their long term growth, while still turning on the switch for the playoffs and getting better draft position, why not!
I'm sure JJJ is the greatest player ever but ... nah. We're still working on Jimmy Butler's window. We need to win as much as possible. We can't expect the all the top seeds to fall apart in the playoffs again this year.
