Rebel With Cause: Tyler Herro Looked In The Mirror And Was Willing To Change The Player Looking Back
December 19, 2024
Rebel With Cause: Tyler Herro Looked In The Mirror And Was Willing To Change The Player Looking Back
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Fantastic write up by Coup (as usual) and a great insight into the process behind how Herro changed his approach to the game, and how it will be tested in the future.
A couple of games ago, I somewhat jokingly said that instead of playing like Klay as so many analysts had suggested, he decided to play like Steph instead. Well…:
>“I feel like with my body type and the way I play, it’s like Steph Curry. I try to make my shot profile as identical to Steph as possible. Steph shoots a lot of threes obviously, the rest of them are to the rim, layups and free throws. That’s kind of what I’m trying to resemble is literally what Steph’s doing.”
>Herro says he would look at Curry’s box scores and notice that Curry would go entire halves taking almost nothing but threes. He and Quinn would watch Curry film together, including clips from the Paris Olympics, and Herro thought about how he could play off Adebayo the same way Curry does Draymond Green – while still finding ways to accentuate Adebayo’s greater offensive skillset. Herro even compared his own shot profile to Curry’s a few weeks ago, noting that they were “literally damn near the exact same”. Sure enough, the percentage of Herro’s shots that come from three or at the rim (78.1 percent) is nearly bang-on with Curry’s (76.9 percent).
>“He has a motor offensively that’s a little bit unique,” Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said recently. “You cannot stop or relax. There’s some of the way Steph Curry can play, the handoffs and the getting it back, the giving it up and chasing it.”
>It’s not that Herro thinks he can be Curry. There’s too much respect for that. What matters is the intention to try and be like Curry, to emulate a very specific kind of greatness, to chase the facsimile.
>“Obviously Steph’s probably the greatest shooter of all time and does it in a variety of ways,” Quinn said. “He’s not just a spot-up guy, he’s not just an off-the-dribble guy, he’s not just a movement guy, he can make those threes in all different ways which is something Tyler can do too.”
Downvoted all summer.
People can tell you something and you can realize they are right but nothing really changes until you truly buy in.
So happy with Tylers progression
Terry. Do this please.
The Dune reference lmao…where’s the Lisan al-Gaib meme
But what about his short arms???
The fact that Chris Quinn watches film w Herro nightly and worked with him to fix his shot profile has me wondering what the fuck happens during Quinn’s film sessions with Bam and Rozier.
“I can only think of a couple of what you may call questionable shots this season,” Quinn says. “Right away after the game if I ask, he’s well aware, like, ‘That was the one.’”
Seeing this quote, I’m just imagining how those conversations go with Bam and Terry after a game where they take a plethora of terrible shots or pass up on great shots
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Fantastic write up by Coup (as usual) and a great insight into the process behind how Herro changed his approach to the game, and how it will be tested in the future.
A couple of games ago, I somewhat jokingly said that instead of playing like Klay as so many analysts had suggested, he decided to play like Steph instead. Well…:
>“I feel like with my body type and the way I play, it’s like Steph Curry. I try to make my shot profile as identical to Steph as possible. Steph shoots a lot of threes obviously, the rest of them are to the rim, layups and free throws. That’s kind of what I’m trying to resemble is literally what Steph’s doing.”
>Herro says he would look at Curry’s box scores and notice that Curry would go entire halves taking almost nothing but threes. He and Quinn would watch Curry film together, including clips from the Paris Olympics, and Herro thought about how he could play off Adebayo the same way Curry does Draymond Green – while still finding ways to accentuate Adebayo’s greater offensive skillset. Herro even compared his own shot profile to Curry’s a few weeks ago, noting that they were “literally damn near the exact same”. Sure enough, the percentage of Herro’s shots that come from three or at the rim (78.1 percent) is nearly bang-on with Curry’s (76.9 percent).
>“He has a motor offensively that’s a little bit unique,” Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said recently. “You cannot stop or relax. There’s some of the way Steph Curry can play, the handoffs and the getting it back, the giving it up and chasing it.”
>It’s not that Herro thinks he can be Curry. There’s too much respect for that. What matters is the intention to try and be like Curry, to emulate a very specific kind of greatness, to chase the facsimile.
>“Obviously Steph’s probably the greatest shooter of all time and does it in a variety of ways,” Quinn said. “He’s not just a spot-up guy, he’s not just an off-the-dribble guy, he’s not just a movement guy, he can make those threes in all different ways which is something Tyler can do too.”
Downvoted all summer.
People can tell you something and you can realize they are right but nothing really changes until you truly buy in.
So happy with Tylers progression
Terry. Do this please.
The Dune reference lmao…where’s the Lisan al-Gaib meme
But what about his short arms???
The fact that Chris Quinn watches film w Herro nightly and worked with him to fix his shot profile has me wondering what the fuck happens during Quinn’s film sessions with Bam and Rozier.
“I can only think of a couple of what you may call questionable shots this season,” Quinn says. “Right away after the game if I ask, he’s well aware, like, ‘That was the one.’”
Seeing this quote, I’m just imagining how those conversations go with Bam and Terry after a game where they take a plethora of terrible shots or pass up on great shots