Herbert Jones knows what’s coming. By now, he’s seen it dozens of times, maybe hundreds. There’s not much anyone can do to stop it.
A 23-year-old rookie, Jones shakes his head and chuckles as he watches 6-foot-5 teammate Josh Hart grab a defensive rebound, race up the floor and hurtle his body toward the rim, even if there’s a 7-footer standing in the way. Hart invariably vaults in the air and banks in a fast-break layup, a common scoring play for the five-year NBA veteran. That success on breakneck buckets is one reason why Pelicans TV broadcaster Joel Meyers calls the Villanova product a “one-man band” and a “bull in a china shop.