"It can be easy to overlook Herro’s credentials after this summer of debate. He won Sixth Man of the Year at 22 years old. At 23, he averaged 20 points, five rebounds, and four assists, joining Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, Jayson Tatum, Ja Morant, and Luka Doncic as the only other players this century to meet those criteria. All, except Herro, are considered superstars."
I actually had no idea that he was in semi-rarified air. If you looked at the discourse surrounding him during the postseason and the off-season, you’d think he was a literal high school jv player who was being passed off as an nba player as part of some heat long con lol
I always understood and agreed that the Blazers had no use for Tyler; BUT the way that most people talked about his game— calling him trash, garbage, useless, “how good can he even be if the heat made it to the finals with him out for all of it” — was pretty unwarranted for a guy who’s been like a 22+ pts average and won 6th man of the year.
He’s a lot better than people want to acknowledge; his abilities have been vastly downplayed in order to clown the Heat’s trade package for Dame but he’s pretty good and I’m excited to see what his season looks like.