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Coup’s Notebook Vol 21: The First Sixth Man, Guarding The Yard, The Pre-Switch Switch, Bam Adebayo’s Smitty And Miami’s Fourth Quarters

The Miami HEAT are 47-28, No. 2 in the Eastern Conference by percentage points after their first four-game losing streak of the season. Here's what we've been noting and noticing:

TYLER HERRO IS (GOING TO BE) THE SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR

It’s not particularly close.

Herro is averaging 21.0 points in 49 games off the bench this season, the second most for any bench player since Lou Williams averaged 21.9 in 2017-18. In nine of the past ten seasons, the award has gone to the player who averaged either the first or second most points in the league off the bench (Jamal Crawford won with 13.