LAS VEGAS — In Tyler Herro’s mind, he is entering a new chapter in his career — he’s been traded from the only NBA team he knew, Miami, back to where he was born, Milwaukee, and that’s what he wants to focus on.
He’d rather forget the altercation he had with former Heat teammate Bam Adebayo outside a Las Vegas casino and hotel this week, he told Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.
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“Honestly, I’m just trying to move past all of it,” Herro told ESPN. “I’m focused on Milwaukee and building something special. They obviously just traded the greatest player in their history, so we want to come in and help continue what they’ve been doing….
“I’m ready to come home and not prove everyone wrong,” he said, “but just be able to represent the city and the state because I wanted to do that coming out of school as well.”
Both the Heat and Bucks were asked by NBC Sports about the incident — coincidentally, they played each other in a Summer League game as news of the altercation broke — but both chose not to comment.
The incident reportedly occurred outside the Resorts World Casino, where the Miami Heat’s Summer League team showed up to practice on a court that had been used not long before by Herro’s AAU team (in town for an EYBL event). The altercation was reportedly over direct messages sent to someone from a secondary Instagram account linked to Herro (not his primary one, but apparently this second account was widely known to be Herro’s). Those comments reportedly included “You should get paid 60 million to be a top tier defender on some nights?”
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According to the latest ESPN report, Adebayo walked up to Herro, confronted him, and the altercation got physical but was quickly broken up, and Herro was not knocked to the ground.
Considering it happened in front of a casino and Herro’s teenage AAU team, it’s surprising that video of the incident has yet to be leaked. But for both sides, they likely want to move on… although it will be a subplot when Miami and Milwaukee face each other this season.