re: Herb Jones has strayed from his role in the postseason and the team is suffering for it.

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Herb is an offensive liability and kills the rhythm of the real shooters on this team... there is absolutely no reason for him to dominate the ball the way he does regardless of being POY or Nate being COY... it's obviously hurting the shooting of guys who need to get a flow going.. it's getting worse every game.. this has seemed to make Petty to rush whenever he does get the ball. Herb should only be an option when he has a mismatch in the post...

These are great points you made.

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Obviously I agree with most of this. Thanks for joining the discussion. Herb doesn't have to be an offensive liability when he stays within the correct role as he has done all season up until the last 3. The game flow is definitely off when Herb brings the ball up the floor without remembering he's a better ball distributor than shooter.

You bring up an interesting thought in that maybe Herb taking too many shots is rushing Petty to get his, but I generally disagree on that. Petty has had multiple wide open, unrushed 3 attempts that look like something you would see in an 8th grade church league they are so bad. He's in a mental funk.