Heat guard Tyler Herro believes he has earned a starting role with the team next year, prompting Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel to explore whether such a role change would make sense. Herro won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award this season, averaging 20.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 66 regular-season games.
“I would like to start,” Herro said during a recent media availability. “I think it’s my fourth year, so hopefully, I’ve earned it, and we’ll see what happens.”
Assuming Miami doesn’t trade Herro, starting him would give them another halfcourt point-of-attack, which would be useful against elite Eastern Conference defenses such as Milwaukee or Boston. In addition to being the Heat’s second-leading scorer, Herro also shot a career-high 45% from the floor and 40% from three-point range this season.
Here are some other notes out of Miami:
- In a separate story for the Sun Sentinel, Ira Winderman examines whether Gabe Vincent provides a solution to the team’s depth issues at point guard. Kyle Lowry dealt with a strained hamstring during the playoffs, which allowed Vincent to play more minutes at times. In 18 playoff games, he averaged 8.0 points and 3.2 assists per contest, shooting 38% from the floor and 31% from behind the arc.
- Winderman also considers whether the team’s power forward carousel will stop with P.J. Tucker. The Heat started Jae Crowder in its 2020 NBA Finals run, then experimented with Kelly Olynyk and Trevor Ariza in 2021. The team ultimately signed Tucker to fill the role last summer, but he can become an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
- Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald provides a player-by-playe rroster breakdown for the offseason. Miami is coming off a seven-game defeat to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. The team was the No. 1 seed in the East this season, but dealt with several injuries in the playoffs.
Heat and Clippers always make good trades because other teams respect their GMs
Herro needs to be traded to Warriors
Warriors young players have trade value
@Sillivan
Assuming the Heat like Herro why would they trade him for “potentially” good players? Unless one of them has a high chance of being a better offensive player than Butler, what’s the point of risking your fortunes on a yet unproven player? Herro could be on the cusp of being a star caliber player.
Tucker has a PO, which I assume he’ll decline even if it’s to go 1+1 (po) again at 120%. That’s likely as high as MIA can go, as they likely don’t have full MLE. I could see a contender with the full MLE dropping it on him, but the $ difference might not be enough for him to move.
It’s like, who wants to win playoff games. PJT will be 37, but he started 70 games at 28’per, his PER & rebounds were the highest in 5 years, and assists highest ever, per 100 poss. He looks great, not even fouling as obnoxiously as before.
I thought refs would tire of his comeback narratives, but he seems to own his niche.
His teams keep going deep in the playoffs. As long as that continues, he’ll be the embodiment of all things good and righteous in the game. When it ceases, he’ll be old.
He recently talked about the idea of the mid level sounding like it doesnt fit him. I think normally his market value would be in the $14-15 million range, but his age situation obviously comes into play. He is a priority, so not sure what will happen b/c I dont think the Heat can really make that much of an offer above what he already is owed
Why would the Heat trade Herero? He will only make the Heat better. If he’s traded to GSW I would want Klay Thompson!
I’d want Draymond and Moody+, depending what we would have to send out to match salaries, but why would GS trade for Herro when they have essentially the same player in Jordan Poole
Heat were 100% healthy …. they beat Celtics. That’s saying a lot . I believe Bucks 100% healthy they beat the Celtics. So imo the East is a deep conference. Celtics got hot at right time. You gotta give him them their due. They showed up and won. And are playing great right now.
Heat need minor adjustments. What happened to Duncan.
Duncan 15.6 mill a yr
Fournier 17 mill a yr
Yet all we hear is about Fournier getting overpaid. Yeah …… ok
Kendrick Perkins says the Heat need to trade Jimmy Butler because their core will not win a championship. Totally dumb statement. I think what would help the Heat some is to trade a combination of Herro, Duncan or Strus for Bradley Beal. They need to upgrade from Dwayne Dedmon (Maybe Christian Wood) and then their chances will go up a bit. Just a tweak, not a total rebuild. Why is Kendrick Perkins on television?
To be controversial! lol
No way trade Butler. I suspect he is stressful on teammates, but if this makes a difference— just in a natural self-confident way. Players see him walk by and think,
He’s going to steal all my shots and laugh about it.
Or something like that, just guessing.
Why do people glorify clowns like this, and how are they even given a platform?
The Heat need someone with size at the 4 that can defend and shoot, like Paul Millsap, not Markieff Morris, or someone that can do those things, but also play small ball 5. They also need to replace Caleb Martin, who they will unfortunately be losing. Trading Duncan Robinson makes no sense unless the roster is drastically different
I could see Oladipo getting something in the $7 million range for 1 more year, before going for something longer. That being said, it depends what happens with the Lowry/the rest of the roster. Unless there are drastic changes, most of this team should be back, with little tweaks; what can they do to replace Caleb Martin, who as I said, they’re going to lose, getting rid of Markieff Morris, seeing what happens with Highsmith, the draft pick, etc
Herro isnt a starter on this roster, without changes. Lineups with him Lowry, Jimmy, and Bam didnt play well together this year, although I do suspect that might have been different depending on who the 5th guy would be there, or if Lowry shoots the ball the way he is capable of…I dont see why Herro cares about that though. He said it a few weeks ago; he gets the most shots on the team. He plays the same starters minutes, and finishes games. It shouldnt matter. Whatever helps the team win matters. Right now, I dont think he makes more than Duncan Robinson on an extension, but we’ll see. I think he is worth slightly not as much as that, but we’ll see what Jordan Poole gets b/c they’re similar players. Maybe something in the $80 million range, although Booker got way more than he should have too, and that’s his comparison, so maybe that’s wishful thinking
Herro talked about continuing to get stronger, but sustaining it through the season, as you could see his body change back to what it was the last couple of years as the year winded down. Also curious to see how he continues to grow as a playmaker, would like to see him learn how to play in the half court a little more, get to the free throw line, and continue to improve on defense…
Herro and Strus wouldnt be who they were for the Heat this year without Kyle Lowry, so I wonder if that also effects how they view Herro. Lowry and Vincent will be training in the offseason together, and Lowry will likely be back in the best shape of his life, which should hopefully help him, although he was in better shape this year, and he hurt his hamstring at an unfortunate time, so it’s hard to say that was neccesarily an issue this year.
If Caleb Martin says he wants to be here, that’s awesome, but I fail to see how they’ll be able to keep him, and that is a big loss
It’s not time yet for UD. He played more this year, and would have played a lot more if he didnt get covid at the worst possible time
PJ Tucker is an obvious priority, but as I said in the beginning, they need someone with him. I’m not sure they can really make him a bigger offer though, even though he probably normally could get almost double what he is potentially due, in unrestricted free agency