The Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets and Brooklyn Nets are interested in acquiring Tyler Herro from the Miami Heat, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. The Heat will trade Herro if they land Damian Lillard, who has requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers to Miami.
“Keep an eye on Utah playing a potential role in a three- or four-team outcome of these Lillard conversations,” Fischer wrote in his latest NBA trade column. “If Portland ultimately does business with Miami, the Jazz — as well as the Bulls, Hornets and Nets — are considered a team interested in landing Tyler Herro from the Heat, sources said. And there are plenty of executives who’d rather take Miami’s best package, if the Heat are so willing, that could include Herro and Nikola Jovic to go along with Jaquez, Caleb Martin and more.”
The Jazz’s valuation of Herro was a key talking point around last year’s Summer League since Utah and Miami talked about a Donovan Mitchell trade. Mitchell wound up getting traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Herro has removed “Miami Heat guard” from his “X” bio. The Kentucky product averaged 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists last season while shooting 43.9% from the field, 37.8% from beyond the arc and 93.4% from the free-throw line. 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 NBA averages of 17.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 242 games with Miami. Herro broke his hand in the first round of the 2023 playoffs versus the Milwaukee Bucks and never came back.
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The Jazz, Bulls and Hornets missed the playoffs last season, while the Nets lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the postseason in four games.
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