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Originally Posted by pappa jan
Last season he was second on the team in ppg with .66. This season he only has 9 points in 51 games. Has his role changed from scorer to checker?
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Yes, it has. Last season the Heat had very little offensive depth. VERY little. So Playfair had a line of Bancks-Patterson-Nemisz together. That was basically the Heat's second line. This year, Bancks is in a third line checking/shutdown role and he's doing very well at it.
As he said in the interview, he's not overly happy with his year this year, but he's been more than willing to change his role if it means the team will win.
Gotta love a team player like that.