2 Pros, 1 Con for splitting up the Miami Heat's backcourt
By Brennan Sims
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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.