First game back for Tyler Herro and he did not disappoint🔥 I thought Tyler played well in his 25 minutes. Always looking to pass when getting the ball and making quick and accurate reads throughout the game. Tyler was effective shooting (17 points 50% shooting). Most of his…
Yesterday, the Miami Heat stunned the Houston Rockets on the road with an impressive win 119-104. Tyler Herro made his return after missing 20 games with a nagging foot issue. The talented shooter had a solid game scoring 17 points coming from the bench. After the game, Herro talked about who he felt after coming back and referred to the possibility for him to be coming from the bench and be the main offensive weapon for the Heat's second unit.
The 24-year-old player has been vocal in the past about his desire to be always in the starting lineup, however, he understands that coming from the bench after such a long absense makes sense right now.
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"I mean look, there's six games left," Herro said. "I just missed 20 games you know. It's hard to just implement me into the starting lineup at this point. Whatever Spo decides to do is ultimately up to him. It's not an easy decision. Obviously, everyone knows I'm a starter in the league. But like I said, to come back with six games left it's tough to just implement me into that lineup like that. But ultimately, I'm going to get starter minutes and that's all that matters. You know, I'm a starter but I'll come off the bench for now."
Coming from the bench to perform is something that Herro has proven he can do. He won the 2021-22 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award, so Spoelstra knows how to use Tyler's talents in many ways. In that season, the shooting guard averaged 20.7 points per game on 44.7 percent field goal and 39.9 percent three-point shooting.
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As a member of Miami's starting lineup last season, Herro averaged 20.7 points per outing on 43.8% field goal and 39.7% from three-point territory.
So what does this mean? Tyler produces nearly the same numbers while coming from the bench or beginning the games, so it's up to the Heat's head coach to choose when will be Herro's production more useful. Perhaps that could be one of the things Spoelstra can tweak depending on Miami's rival.
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