Once upon a time Iman Shumpert’s role in the 2015 NBA Finals was real simple and direct; play tough, disruptive defense against “The Splash Brothers” at all cost.
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Shumpert really did not need to worry about his offense in this series. He merely needed to hit a few spot up jumpers when the opportunity arose to keep who was defending him honest.
But at the time his NBA Finals role description was defined, it was Game 1 of the Finals and Kyrie Irving was available to help with the offensive scoring load.