Miami Heat: Duncan Robinson Overcoming The ‘Tyler Herro Effect’
The Miami Heat are heading into the 2022 All-Star break as the number one seed in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. A breath of fresh air, for multiple reasons, they finally get a break from a long and tough season but they do so with all the good juju going for them.
One of their guys, Duncan Robinson, has had quite the up and down season this year. Well, by some accounts that’s been the case.
When using the word “some”, there are a few factors in place. Though Duncan is still shooting above average and among the best for players that do it the way he does it, there are still those out there that live to critique and criticize the Miami Heat sharpshooter.
While no one is excused from critique, there must be context added to the whole situation. Here is the beef of it all.
Duncan Robinson isn’t shooting the same as he did last year, but there are reasons for that.
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However and even among that though, he is still very good and very valuable to this team.
Speaking towards the notion of being the “same” shooter from range, that is the very hinge that this argument hangs from. It’s a phenomenon that has often been very prevalent with Tyler Herro.
When speaking about Tyler Herro’s year last season and even, at points, this season but mostly last season, people heavily criticized his play. Even to the point of wanting to have him moved, some unfairly judged the second-year combo guard last year.
Here was the thing though. When compared to the typical trajectory of a second-year guy and other players drafted with or among him, he was still in the top portion of production, increasing his numbers across most categories from his first year.
The issue for Herro on last season and even in different spots this season though is that he is only being compared to himself. This season, he has been a terror off the pine for the Miami Heat, a similar terrorizing type player to the one that he was in the NBA Bubble.
However, there are times when he still struggles a bit, as he did quite a bit last season. This year, when he doesn’t play well, it’s only in comparison to the majority of times where he has.