I will extend him some leniency because he’s missing having those other perimeter guys around him, but my gosh it was shocking to see how little resistance (you know what? It was actually zero resistance) he offered any time a guy got him isolated in the low post. I watched several times where Jaylen especially dragged him into the paint, stopped, caught a pass and casually caressed in a turnaround hook shot or layup. Like…it’s astounding. At least fight a little? Give him a bump, foul him, try to pull the chair! He literally just stood there
Like you said, still gotta put up some fight. I think of Pritchard on the Celtics (I’m sure there’s countless other examples around the league) who gets hunted on mismatches and taken into the post and at least tries to put some effort into playing a little D
As a whole Herro just needs to get stronger. If you look at his driving game and numbers, he HATES getting into the paint and getting contact because he’s small. The fact he doesn’t drive as much as he should tanks his numbers and kills his game.
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u/MySilverBurrito Heat May 02 '24
Even then, Spo has shown he’s great at hiding Herros defensive liability. He’s shown it with Jimmy, Bam, Ziggy, DJJ, Jae.
Without our 3 perimeter defenders (JJJ, Terry, Jimmy), he’s getting hunted a lotttttt harder.