Tyler Herro has been telling people close to him that he expects to get traded by the Miami Heat to the Brooklyn Nets this summer, according to NBA insider Ethan J. Skolnick of 5 Reasons Sports. The Heat, Nets and Portland Trail Blazers could do a three-team trade centered around Damian Lillard, who has requested a trade from the Blazers and wants to get traded to the Heat.
Herro has removed “Miami Heat guard” from his Twitter bio. For those wondering why the Heat and Blazers can’t do a standard trade involving Herro and Lillard, according to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, the Blazers aren’t that high on Herro.
“While any trade will be a collaborative effort between the team and Lillard, the Blazers will, understandably, want the best possible return,” Mannix wrote. “Portland is lukewarm on Tyler Herro, sources told Sports Illustrated. He is entering the first year of a four-year, $130 million contract.”
Herro averaged 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists for the Heat during the 2022-23 regular season. He was third on the team in points per game, trailing only Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.
The 23-year-old Herro signed a four-year, $120 million rookie contract extension with the Heat in October 2022. The Milwaukee native has career averages of 17.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 242 games with Miami. He broke his hand in the first round of the 2023 playoffs versus the Milwaukee Bucks and never came back.
Both Butler and Adebayo want the Heat to trade for Lillard, who averaged 32.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 7.3 assists last season. Miami is 0-2 in the NBA Finals in the Butler-Adebayo era. Its missing a superstar like Lillard.
The Heat lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2020 Finals in six games and fell to the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 Finals in five games.
