Meet The NBA's Most Underrated Defender 

this why i love herb jones i love versatile wing defenders who feel as tho they can guard all 1-5. as why i love Ausar Thompson he feels like the same thing and in the future will be one of the best versatile defenders in the league and a dpoy candidate hopefully

A Herb Jones video is an instant like, he become my favourite player as soon as he started getting minutes on the Pelicans, can’t believe the amount of comments of people who didn’t know how good he was

He also got a lot stronger this season. You can see it helps with those athletic switches, quick bursts, and drawing charges confidently. I know you don't touch on it in this video, but his offensive game has also grown this year. He's shooting better from 3, finishing at the rim better, and making good reads with the hall in his hands (he does make mistakes sometimes of course). Really excited for this Pelicans team, who doesn't get a lot of media shine but when they're playing well are really hard to beat. FLOCK UP!! Edit: another great video HV. Putting in the work and creating meaningful and educational content for hoops lovers everywhere.

him not making all defense last season was an absolute crime

Herb's also improved this year on offense. He's worked on his shot and is more willing to shoot. What's really stood out is that he's been aggressive when driving to rim and finishing. One of my big concerns with Herb in the past was that he'd get the Andre Robertson/Tony Allen treatment but his improvements at least force the defense to pay some attention to him.

Great video on one of the most impressive and complete defenders in the game. He's a two-way player actually, with some of the best cutting and transition scoring.

thank u for making this video! he should have made all defensive team last year! glad he’s getting attention he deserves.

Very good catch, this is the first time I notice the player

Bro I love his game, a defensive celling the level I ain’t seen since DPOY Ron Metta artest

Great content, really felt you captured who Herb is and his value. Solid work.

Herb is a beast! I'm a proud Pelicans fan, and he's definitely a hometown favorite. I'm excited for the next few seasons as this team only gets better so long as they stay healthy like they are now. Great video... Gives me chills watching this breakdown.

Herb has been looking like Kawhi 2.0 lately

BI and Zion even CJ lol get the headlines on the Pels but its Herb and Trey Murphy that make me believe they could be a championship core at some point if BI and Zion ever figure it out, great vid as usual HV

Great breakdown, wouldn't have heard of Herb Jones and his value as a defender. You delivered on your video's title premise, and we're all the smarter for it. Keep it up!👍

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MAN

Knew herb Jones was him after he clamped de’aaron fox 3 straight games, never seen anything like it 💀

Great vid

Thanks mate, its podcast like these that let us see the underatted big boys. I know his name now.❤

Best Not on Herb video in 2023. Straight Jacket Jones!!!!

Would like to add that since this video aired Herb's 3pt percentage is 57.5%. For his first two years he was a great defender but a net negative on offense but his shot has been clean as of late and has made him absolutely critical to the Pel's success.

Great video

Herb Jones, Jaden McDaniels & Ausar Thompson FUTURE DPOY 💪🔥💪

He was a cornerback it makes perfect sense hes that gifted on defense and as a person who play corner and basketball i can spot his feet his hip the eye coordination this young man is special watching his foot work is beautiful to watch

Damn this guy reminds me of back in the 2000s era he reminds me of AK47 man that dude can defend all of it

Thank you for this video man. I'm a pels fan and I love the way herb plays defense. If it wasn't for herb and GTA we would have a bottom 5 defense. People think I'm crazy when I say he can be DPOY but if the pels keep winning and he keeps playing like this he could win it. He's even getting better at offense this season.pelicans gonna be scary with the zion bi, and CJ offensive trio and herb carrying defense. Pelicans also got great shooters and great defenders off the bench. The last two first round picks were Dyson Daniels who is developing into a Marcus Smart type player and Jordan Hawkins who is becoming a lethal shooter. Things are looking scary in NOLA Geaux Pels ❤️💙🦅⚜️ .

8:23 sheesh Herby G really him for real the straight jacket 🧥

Herb Jones for the US Olympic team ‘24 🦅🥇

I would love to see a recap of the Ja morant finish on herb to win the game it was great defense meets better offense and I think it would be a great short reel or video to follow up on this Herbert video

very detailed analysis ! can't believe The Pelicans are open to moving Herb Jones, hope Clippers can get him !

Haven' t watched the video yet, but I already completely agree Herb Jones is🔥

Seriously underrated. He better get on an all defensive team this year. Because he should’ve been on one his first two years.

Mayne I just love videos that focus on defense.

You should do a video on Cam Thomas and his improvements. Idk if he’s talked about right now but his ability to score at his size is remarkable.

I think that's why the Rockets will be so dangerous in the future. They have 2 swiss army knife in Amen Thompson and Tari Eason. Two long wings who can defend multiple positions at a high level.

I would love a similar video on Peyton Watson. He has the lowest dfg% in the entire league while guarding almost exclusively guys like KD, Kawhi, Fox, etc. He's basically the same archetype as Herb, Mcdaniels etc, 6'8 with a 7'1 wingspan, good athlete, absurd defensive IQ

To me he is the one guy the pels cannot do without

Herb hella underrated man

Man channels like yours is why I love RU-vid appreciate the video let's go Pels ⚜️

I've subscribed

NOP fan here, we’ve seemed to invest a lot into wings like him, another player on out team with a similar skill set is Dyson daniels but he is a lot better at perimeter defense

Not on Herb 🔒

you gotta do another ja morant film vid after last night. “why everything changes when ja morant is on the court”

HV whens the goat returning to twitter??? Love the vids tho!

The pelicans are finally getting recognition and I’m all here for it

When I have a child this is the first person I’m showing him i love defense

Fun fact: Herb is also shooting 41% from 3 this year

This man might be AK47

Ik him cuz of thinking basketball I recognize he is top 5 defensive wings

Watching Herb Play basketball 🏀 😢😅 Championship level player

Sixers need this man

DPOY!

This brother played the grindirom

Perfect trade for the Pacers

DPOY hands down

Everyone knows about herb since highschool

would u do a Mitchell Robinson vid.

Underrated defense first Two Way Wing. I hope the Bulls trade for him via Derozan.

bro if he was on the lakers people would be calling him the next kawhi are some shit. its frustrating when small market players dont get the same recognition .

When they try and convince you there’s no defense in the league, literally watch this channel. Every team has guys who are extremely versatile. It is not their faults that the offensive talents and skill sets today are just otherworldly.

Pls play with the spurs

Herb or Ausar who do you think gonna be the better versatile 1-5 wing defender in the long run?? i say as a overall player ausar easily bro cant shoot but has a smooth handle and is a great finisher but its gonna be really close on the defensive side since herb is an absolute demon as well but i mean thompson rebounding stats shouldn‘t be ignored as well both of my absolute favortie plsyer btw…

Ja Morant absolutely annihilated this great defender Herb Jones 😂😂

Fasho but peep Peyton Watson fam 👀

Who would u say are the 5 best non-big defenders in 2024?

yo wsp

Hes the best perimeter defender in the league

Herbert Keshawn Jones

High Grade Herb ;)

Herb is a great defender. They overlook him like ppl overlook Ingram

Im bias, but imo herb is dpoy

Anddddd he gets cooked by Ja... lmaooo

You didn't even mention his offense...

clippers getting his ass

NOT. ON. HERB!

Herb is kawhi bro

I wouldn’t say underrated but he definitely dont got the hype he deserves

it is simple. Not On Herb!

Herb is definitely not underrated, i can assure you any team looking to win a chip would trade for him right now but the pelicans is not allowing that trade unless it includes a superstar with some picks

Ja just cooked him

bucks gotta trade for him

Compy

He’s great but he’s not better than Jonathan Isaac

Not on herb

Ja just hit a game winner on him😅

until Ja morant shows up

Too bad he’s playing for the worst coach in the NBA

He’s been a great defender, anytime I’ve heard about him it’s been about how great he is defensively so I don’t see how he’s underrated