Although Heat president Pat Riley considers Tyler Herro to be a “core player” for the franchise, Herro heard his name in a lot of trade rumors during his second NBA season, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Herro was mentioned frequently as Miami pursued James Harden in January and Kyle Lowry at the trade deadline in March. Now that he’s been exposed to the distraction of trade talk, Herro plans to ignore it in the future.
“I’m done listening to all that, honestly,” he said. “I think every time that we’re not playing or even if we are playing, my name is brought up in something. So it is what it is at this point. Like I said, I’m focused on getting better, getting this team better.”
Herro averaged 15.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game this season while shooting 43.9% from the field, all better numbers than in his rookie year. He has already gained four pounds since the Heat were knocked out of the playoffs and hopes to add between 10 to 12 overall to become stronger for next season.
“I think it translates obviously offensively,” he said. “Getting stronger, I can get to my spots easier and just being able to defend bigger guys than me. I want to be able to be as big as the rest of the vets are in the league. So just gaining weight I think will help me tremendously on both ends.”
There’s more from the Southeast Division:
- The Wizards conducted 26 interviews before deciding to hire Wes Unseld Jr. as their next coach, writes Ethan Cadeaux of NBC Sports Washington. During an appearance this week on the Sports Junkies podcast, general manager Tommy Sheppard talked about the process, which included 18 formal interviews and eight others over the phone. “We went about it pretty thoroughly, pretty thoughtfully, and where we arrived was at a fantastic, young head coach that has been putting in the time and doing everything he could possibly do,” Sheppard said. “Not a self-promoter, but somebody that was ready for this job.”
- Potential lottery pick Trey Murphy is scheduled to work out for the Wizards on Thursday, the team announced on its website. A junior out of Virginia, he shot over 40% from beyond the arc last season and ranked seventh in the ACC in made three-pointers. St. Louis guard Jordan Goodwin and Kyree Walker of Chameleon BX will also participate.
- Josh Robbins of The Athletic proposes a few potential draft-day trades for the Magic involving the other teams in the top six.
See Herro talk about gaining weight and strength. And what it does to help play. These are kids coming in a lot of 19yr olds. Takes time to find your true body and place among the elite of NBA. All the time while trying to impress and get Mins and get better. It’s not something that works for everyone. There are always late bloomers . It’s why it bothers me so much when fans who act like they know ball. Trash a pick for not developing at their pace. When It’s as much a teams responsibility to develop him. You look at Mobley who will need 30 LBs at least. It will take him time. You look at KP who refuses to add the girth. About to get dumped again. Cade is NBA ready. Not all picks are therefore it will take time for them to show. And you better do your part to make sure they do. Listen to a kid who’s got talent. And understands how far he still has to go.
Tyler via Instagram: Bout to buy this house in South Beach!!
Pat via text: Hey….Cannon Beach is a nice area.
Weight gain is something that can be counted on in time. Quality is not… players can level off… Or get worse from year1 to year2, like Herro.
Given his on-off, I doubt Herro stays a starter. He lost it already this year after 14 games.
Weight gain is not something that usually makes players better, as you miss speed & other things for it, many skinny players have made it into legends in the league without weight gain!
Must be just me but I think it is appalling WAS chewed through 26 candidates to find the one they wanted, shows a total lack of knowledge about what you want… call me ole fashioned but I do prefer it the DAL way, you know who you want & you zero in on him, never interviewing anyone else, that shows you have a plan & go for it, right?
Idk I mean I look at MJ KOBE and LBJ and they made it a concerted effort to put those lbs on
I believe there’s merit to it
Hopefully Herro is doing a lot of the same things Duncan Robinson was doing in between years 1 and 2, where he totally changed his body, and was able to improve his defensive explosiveness, and first step quickness, with the beach training he did. I think that, and continuing to work on quicker decision making are 2 potentially big additions to his game, as well as the pullup mid range jump shot, and potentially even learning how to play in the midpost on smaller guards, in half court situations, like Klay used to, and how Booker started learning this year