For a good month or so until the February business deadline, Jimmy Butler hung a story over the Miami Heat like a cloud. The striker wanted from Miami in business and was stopped by the team many times before he finally got his wish and was transferred to the Golden State Warriors.
During the agitated period for Miami, the impressive offensive production was the defense of Tyler Herro. He led the heat in both levels and assists per game in the 2024-25 campaign and was also named All-Star for the first time. Heat myth Tim Hardaway gave Herro flowers for not having a “weak mind” when Butler Saga was over.
“You can’t have a weak mind,” Hardaway told Action Network.
“Tyler Herro did not have a weak mind. He closed for all that BS out.
“He went there and understood what he had to do. First, he wanted to be healthy. It’s his first.
“He wanted to come out and play healthy the whole season he did. He knew what he could do.
“And when all that butler play happened, he said,” Do you know what? This is not my BS .. I’m already signed. I’m already here. Let me go out and do what I’m going to do for my team. I’m going to put them on the back, I’m going to be the leader of this team and I’m trying to go to this team. “
“That’s what he did. That’s what you have to do as a basketball player.”
Herro was actually an average of more points per game after all-Star breaks last season than he did before (even a little more) and his play quality did not become after Butler’s departure.
He strengthened as Miami’s final best striker when Butler was no longer a member of the team, but whether he is the main player of the Heat is under discussion or not. Herro is certainly in the conversation, but Big Man Bam Adebayo is a very productive striker all the time while one of the league’s leading defenders.
Still, the temperature could not have been one of eight teams in the Eastern Conference to enter the NBA 2025 play if not for the score that Herro gave Miami in both of his matches in competitions. He started a total of 68 points in the two games and in the game to decide no. 8 The seeds in the East hit five 3 points in overtime for the Heat.
The spiritual strength he showed when the temperature was making headlines for their quagmire with Butler did not leave unnoticed by Hardaway. Hopefully, the period 2025-26 will be less acting for Heat and Herro does not have to worry about disruptions outside the courts that force the team.