Lilseb93 wrote:We were the #1 seed in the year that Herro was the 6th man of the year. Every other year, they've been a bottom to mid seed when he was the starter. They made the Finals without him. I'm not blaming solely Herro but it's clear his poor defense is a huge issue. The team just does historically better when he comes off the bench. That way we can play more effective defense and then have a legit 20+ point scoring threat against other team's benches.
There are so many mitigating factors that go into seeding (strength of the rest of the conference, health, depth and talent, trade acquisitions, etc.) that I am surprised we continue to come back to this point that if we aren’t as high in the standings as we were = it must mean Herro should come off the bench. The year we were the #1 seed we won 53 games, that would have been good for 4th in the East last year. Perhaps it doesnt matter if Herro doesn’t play the first 7 minutes of the game, maybe relative to the strength of the rest of the conference or any one of these other outliers we just havent been as good in the regular season?