2 Pros, 1 Con for splitting up the Miami Heat's backcourt

You'd be surprised at the many similarities between Tyler Herro and Terry Rozier. Both players are elite shotmakers in their own way. Herro is a high-volume flame thrower capable of draining ten 3-pointers on any given game. Rozier is a bailout shot maker: the player you give the ball to with 3 seconds left on the shot clock that will make something out of nothing.

Neither of the Miami Heat guards got to the free-throw line well enough. In 31 games with Miami, Rozier got to the stripe 2.2 times a game. The perimeter shooting Herro got there 2.6 times a game. Both players are undersized, with Herro's slight frame and negative wingspan, and Rozier is standing at only 6-foot-1. That doesn't change the fact that both are willing defenders and give it their all. Rozier has shown the ability to be a pest on the ball dating back to his Boston days.

You might sometimes question both of their shot selection and finishing around the hoop isn't a strength for either. Herro and Rozier have similarities but are still totally different players. It might serve the Heat well if one of them came off the bench.

Pro: Miami would always have a shot-creating guard in the game

Staggering the guards isn't a terrible idea. With Jimmy Butler on the team, Miami has a defacto point guard in him. Rozier was more pass-first-minded than ever in his career through his 31 games in a Heat jersey last season. With an entire off-season getting him in the swing of things, his score-first-destroy-everything mentality may return.

Herro already thinks like that as he plays like a gunner. That shouldn't have a negative connotation. Herro is asked to score first and create for others second. His shooting and scoring traits are why he's an all-world basketball player.

It doesn't matter which one has to come off the bench: both have played that role before and thrived in it. Staggering them would ensure that a player who can shoot the ball with range and take players off the dribble is always on the hardwood.