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[The Ringer] How did Erik Spoelstra find out about the Damian Lillard trade? At lunch with Tyler Herro. (alien.top)
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It was a little past 2 p.m. on Sept. 27. Herro and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra were having lunch at a ritzy Coconut Grove restaurant on Miami’s waterfront. Spoelstra didn’t know then whether he had coached Herro for the last time.

When Spoelstra returned from a six-week stint on Team USA’s coaching staff at the FIBA World Cup, he asked Herro to lunch.

“We were just catching up,” Spoelstra said. “Shootin’ the shit.”

As the lunch went on, Herro’s phone kept buzzing. Finally, he told Spoelstra he had to pick it up. “Look, Coach,” interrupted Herro, a father of two. “I don’t want to get this but I just got to make sure everything’s good at home.” Herro turned his phone around.

“That’s when he told me,” Spoelstra said.

Lillard had been traded, but not to Miami. To Milwaukee. At that moment, Herro knew he was coming back. Spoelstra and Herro couldn’t help but laugh. Then, the conversation shifted from shit-shooting to the upcoming season.

“It was like,” Herro said, “let’s have a real talk.”

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[–] dank-kush@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then, the conversation shifted from shit-shooting to the next offseason.

“It was like,” Herro said, “who am I getting traded for next.”

[–] mankls3@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

literally anyone

[–] dafire123@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Yo this feels like it’s from the onion

[–] SensitiveOven137@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hot take: Herro averages more points than Lillard this year

[–] clear831@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Now that would be interesting. Jrue averaged 19 on 15fga. Do you think Dame drops to under 20fga? Herro averaged 20 on 16 fga, I can see him going up to 20 fga and get a few more fta's.

[–] Sclewit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I’d pay to watch drama regarding trade speculation and how it effects players

[–] TheBballs@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This just feels like a normal story/anecdote. Idk what yall are reading thats making yall think this is a Soap Opera

[–] santana722@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody here actually reads anything besides Reddit and Twitter, so a professional journalist setting a scene is utterly foreign.

[–] random-50@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

More than a paragraph of text is the new novel.

[–] tonypearcern@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Isn't that awesome, coach? Isn't that awesome? Coach? Coach?"

[–] famousevan@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Godsdammit now I’m going to be stuck thinking of Herro as that little dog Chester from the Looney Tunes cartoons.

[–] Akumetsu33@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Chesterro

[–] probablyjimmylam@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Shootin the shit

[–] TheReal_Slim-Shady@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This reminds me of the comment that a Redditor made when KD signed with the Warriors

"Somewhere, JR Smith put his shirt back on."

[–] horrorboii@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Bruh 💀

[–] CHTNQ@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Why should we care about this lol

[–] SlicedMango@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This is gonna be a great copy pasta

[–] DuckFreak10@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I just assumed Tyler Herro was the kind of person who checks their phone during lunch

[–] Blvck_sunshine@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

can someone write this in a more soap operaish wat, not enough drama for me. need more goddammit. how many kids does herro have again?

[–] ApexReaders@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

because the NBA is scripted

[–] yourdad01@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Fun tidbit, the storytelling is fucking weird

[–] atlhawk8357@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

“Look, Coach,” interrupted Herro, a father of two.

That's a interesting tidbit to put in the article. How many kids does Spo have?

[–] ballgreens@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Herro looks like he's putting some extra on defense this year the game I saw? Was very active. If he can hold his own and be more consistent on that end, that'll be huge. It's about that time, 4 years in, where I need him to be solid on D.