Jimmy Butler leaves the game against OKC after feeling sick

Some of that is already happening, flashes coming from his pace and patience when teams drive him beyond the arc. Some of that will only happen as more teams show how they will adjust their scouting reports to Herro’s new game. The real test will be postseason games, the adjustments to the adjustments, the counters to the counters. Can Herro be the HEAT player who consistently draws two to the ball, who becomes the engine, not just a key component, of a high-powered, elite offense? “The next step that he’s already improving is the playmaking aspect,” Quinn says. “Regardless of what the defense does, it is fundamentally wrong. If you’re going to put more guys on me, I’m going to get an assist or make the right play for the team, then I’m going to have my spurts where I have 15 or 20 in a quarter. It is the next step where he can balance the ability to score and play for the team. Making the right play over and over and over again is what makes the great players great.” Greatness is certainly well within the scope of Herro’s endless ambition. He says he wants to be an All-Star—he will have his best chance to play like this – and he will win. Time will tell the story of whether he achieves greatness, true greatness that is remembered long after your last game, and Herro has never come close to touching it. “He knows he’s the guy,” Jimmy Butler says. -via NBA.com / 19 December 2024