Tyler Herro put forward his own reasons for Kia's honor as the sixth man of the year this season.
Miami-Taylor's hero has never really been eliminated in his charming and young basketball career, but he is here, trying to overcome two consecutive defeats: in the Orlando bubble in 2020, when a rap song named after him became a hit song, he immediately became a breakthrough star and reached the charts.
This explains what he is doing now. He has made a journey of redemption. He has provided a stable performance in Miami Heat with amazing regularity, which proves that he is indeed a new star, and promoted the idea of becoming the best sixth man in the league, and his career has reached new heights everywhere.
Compared with a season ago, this is a major leap. Judging from various indicators, this is only because Herod mocked expectations before, so he was a little disappointed. It's not that he didn't perform well in the 2020-2 1 season ... he just didn't perform well, so the follow-up performance of the 2020 NBA Finals to Miami and the performance of the rookie season in the 20 19-20 season were very average.
"This is not what I want, not what I know I have the ability to do," Hiro said.
Oh, but look: Miami is 32- 18, sitting in the penthouse in the east, largely because of its 22-year-old guard's heroism. In the past few months, he has provided generous help to the team during the All-Star Game. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayor sat down with injuries. This is the period when the hero grows up. He has passed all the tests and dispelled all doubts, if any.
From 2020-2 1 season to now, his score has increased by 5 points, his three-point hit rate has risen to 38. 1%, and his sense of existence has also been greatly improved. He averaged 20.3 points per game, leading all the reserve teams in scoring.
"He's not just a shooter," Heat coach erik spoelstra said. "He is a photographer. As an organizer, he is really making progress. These are moments. You can't analyze it, but it is a moment and feeling in the game. This is an important game. He is very good at this. "
In the process-this is very important, so please listen carefully-he also ensured that the song "Taylor Hero" lived up to its name.
On this point: when Herod received a phone call, he had left his brilliant months in a bubble, and the dialogue went like this:
Jack Harlow: "There is a song for you."
Hello: "Yes, what's its name?"
Harold: "Taylor hero."
Harlow achieved great success with his What is Poppin. He boasted about how to "pass the ball like stockton" and ranked second among 65,438+000 bulletin boards. Harold, like everyone else, was impressed by Herod. They have met before; Harold is from Louisville, and Hero played in Kentucky for a season.
"We have some Kentucky," Hiro explained. "I went to Kentucky, so we have contact. We hooked up and now we have a real relationship, a real friendship. We have been chatting. "
Taylor Herr Luo Zhen's is not Taylor Herr, but there is Taylor Herr in the lyrics and Taylor Herr in the video. Makes sense? It doesn't matter.
Poetry:
"My otaku Taylor, who plays in South Beach, told me this summer that he would fix my jump shot. I told Boi- 1da that we might be hit hard (yes, yes, yes). I have been trying to be popular, and now I am like a champion.
"South Beach" is of course an outsider's view of Miami; Boi- 1da is the stage name of Matthew Samuels, a famous hip-hop studio wizard. He composed this song. Thumper is slang, which means catchy beat; "tryna pop" means trying to shoot some outside shots; "Shannon Porter" is the name of former NBA player iman shumpert.
Of course, it means a lot to an NBA player. For example, lebron james's name appeared in the lyrics of popular songs many times, but it never appeared in the title of the song.
Harlow's title song came at the right time: 2020-2 1 Based on the breakthrough of the bubble, Harlow was ready, and now he has his own theme song.
I am a natural worker. I work hard. This is me. So I went to the gym. I think every offseason from here can be like the last offseason, where I make progress, do a good job and improve my game. "
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But what about Harlow? Did he really let Herod repair his sweater as promised in the song? The hero smiled.
"We play basketball everywhere," he said. "He started exercising, well, yes, that's it."
The most important thing is: "We always keep in touch and we encourage each other."
However, Hero experienced the second season and was not as popular as his performance inspired by the bubble. He scored 37 points in the Eastern Conference finals and averaged 65,438+06.0 points in the playoffs. Everything suddenly stopped, and he and others were lost.
That season, he started from the starting lineup and then went to the bench, which was not based on his buzz and energy as a rookie. He said he felt "humble" in 2020-2 1 and admitted the pressure of trying to replicate the bubble.
"Everything happens for a reason, and I think it gives me the motivation to become stronger again," he said.
Due to the tight schedule, the offseason will be shortened in 2020, and Herod said that he did not have the opportunity to do normal summer exercise.
"Last summer was really my first offseason, so I want to try to be stronger in all aspects of the game, get my body back to normal, eat the right food and try my best to be an excellent player," he said. "It's easy to do. I am a natural worker. I work hard. This is me. So I went to the gym. I think every offseason from here can be like the last offseason, where I make progress, do my job well and improve my game level. "
Taylor Herot's 33 points as a substitute was the key to the Heat's victory over Phoenix in 654381October 8.
Heroes show more diverse offensive styles, including three-pointers, mid-range jumpers and jumpers. As a result, his shooting times have increased this season, although this number may decrease after Adebayor and Butler recover.
"For me, this process is still going on," he said. "This is uninterrupted. I even have to come here to train and continue to do what I started in the offseason. On the defensive end, I want to be stronger, faster and more lasting. On the offensive end, I want to do better in dribbling and catching the ball. I am already a confident person, but just locking makes me more confident. "
"Of course I will accept it," he said. "Of course. I have a personal goal. I really want to be an all-star at some stage of my career. But it depends on me getting better and better in every game. These are personal goals that anyone wants to achieve. "
To tell the truth, Hiro is the most efficient player in Butler, Adebayor and Kellogg's team this season-if only because he is healthier and easier to play. He is also at his best, abandoning last season's complacency and making the vision he created in the bubble look brand-new.
And this:
Hero players finally lived up to expectations and matched Taylor Hero's hypnosis process, this song. This may be another success factor.