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Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Heat <\/p>\n
For the last two games, the Miami Heat<\/a> have had \u00a0Tyler Herro<\/a> back on the floor, which has been a surprisingly happy turn of events. Herro has not played much this year, going from an ankle and foot injury before the season that caused him to miss the first 17 games to a toe injury to a rib injury. In all, Herro has 13 games on the ledger this season, and his onslaught of injuries has left the Heat in a bit of a bind.<\/p>\n Miami can\u2019t trade Herro, despite the fact that the team was very open to it ahead of this year\u2019s deadline. There were talks around Milwaukee\u2019s Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, of course, but the fact is that the Heat would have engaged with any team that showed an interest in dealing for Herro. But that\u2019s not happened.<\/p>\n Herro played 77 games last year, but that\u2019s the only time in his career he has not missed at least 15 games.<\/p>\n Miami Heat Have $33 Million Going to Tyler Herro Next Year<\/p>\n If the other 29 teams in the league do not seem to have a use for Herro, then it should be noted that the Miami Heat do not seem to have much use for him anymore, either. Herro could find himself back on the NBA<\/a> rumor mill this offseason \u2026 except that interest has been so low.<\/p>\n He has been coming off the bench since he returned from injury, and he has not complained about the change in role, saying<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m coming off the bench right now and it doesn\u2019t really feel like I\u2019m out of place because we got guys that can start and I\u2019m comfortable in my role and in myself.\u201d<\/p>\n That is great, except that Herro is on the books for $33 million next year, and the Heat have much less expensive pieces that are, simply, better than he is. They\u2019d love to find a taker for Herro in the offseason, but that\u2019s a longshot.<\/p>\n \u201cThey can\u2019t admit it but the frustration level with Herro is off the charts there,\u201d one assistant coach said recently. \u201cThey can\u2019t get rid of him, there is really no market for him out there. But what\u2019s the use of a guy who shows up ready to play like 20% of the time? And they have young players who can replace him pretty easy.\u201d<\/p>\n NBA Rumors: Cavaliers Slow It Down<\/p>\n The Cavaliers had their winning streak snapped on Sunday, but still, the team has gotten themselves back into the picture among Eastern Conference contenders. Cleveland shocked many observers of the NBA rumor mill by trading for James Harden<\/a> ahead of the deadline, but that\u2019s not necessarily what\u2019s gotten them back among the East\u2019s top dogs.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve stopped trying to play hurry-up,\u201d one Eastern Conference scout said. \u201cThey were pushing the pace as much as anybody in the first couple of months but now, they\u2019re slowing things down, I think you see them allowing their defenders to do their work more, allowing themselves to work their offense more. Harden will help with that but they had been slowing down even before he came.\u201d<\/p>\n GettyJames Harden #1 of the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a><\/p>\n NBA Rumors: Kristaps Concerns Already<\/p>\n The Warriors<\/a> knew well that when they traded for Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> from the Hawks at the deadline, the goal was to have him healthy for the playoffs, and that might mean him sitting out games in the coming weeks. But they did not expect that Porzingis would need to ask out after just one game with the team.<\/p>\n Porzingis, though, is out with an illness<\/a> on Sunday. He might not play on the team\u2019s two-game road trip this week. For a team that lost eight of its last 12 games and is struggling to get by without Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler, this is obviously a bad turn of events. The fear is that, as with Atlanta early this year and Boston last year, Porzingis just won\u2019t be able to stay on the floor when he\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tSean Deveney<\/a> is a veteran sports reporter covering the NBA, NFL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has written for Heavy since 2019 and has more than two decades of experience covering the NBA, including 17 years as the lead NBA reporter for the Sporting News. Deveney is the author of 7 nonfiction books, including “Fun City,” “Before Wrigley became Wrigley,” and “Facing Michael Jordan.” More about Sean Deveney<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Celtics\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Heat For the last two games, the Miami Heat have had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-497755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"James](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2260610400-1-e1770909044900.jpg\")
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