After missing the 2020 Championship Series, Jules Heningburg came back with a new mindset at a new position -- and established himself as one of the best midfielders in the league.

Jules shot 10-for-19 (53%) off the dodge. That stat (paired with a player’s passing metrics) is a signal of whether the defense needs to slide to a player or not. Unassisted shooting percentage in settled sets averages out at 23.2%; assisted shooting percentage is at 31.0%. If a player can create better than 31.0% for himself… well, then maybe it’s worth putting a pole on him and/or sending help.

And Jules was north of 50%.

Short-sticks. LSMs. Everyone squaring him up struggled to contain his two-way speed. That’s when defenses start doing a cost-benefit analysis of sliding -- would we rather give up a 50% look to Jules off the dodge or a 35% stepdown from Myles Jones? You’ll go broke giving up either option.