LAS VEGAS — Tyler Herro has made headlines over the past 24 hours in Las Vegas, but not in the way he or his new team wanted. Herro got into a physical altercation with former Miami Heat teammate Bam Adebayo at a hotel on the Strip, in part due to social media comments disparaging Adebayo that were linked to a secondary Herro social media account.
Before all that drama became public, Herro — in Vegas in part because his AAU team is here competing in a tournament — spoke with reporters, including Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, about being traded to Milwaukee as part of the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.
“I saw it coming. If any summer, it was going to be this summer, so I was anticipating this. And obviously not knowing Milwaukee, but I kind of figured I was going to get traded this summer. I’m excited and happy it’s Milwaukee...
“Miami is an organization that wants to win championships and they want to compete. We’ve obviously almost got there, and we’ve had years where we’ve lost in the first round, we’ve had years where we didn’t make the playoffs. So it’s like, I’ve been through every ending of the season. And it makes sense for them to want to get a fresh start, get someone like Giannis and build from there. So, it’s understandable.”
Herro was born in Milwaukee and raised in Wisconsin, and he has said he is happy to be going home. Last season in Miami he averaged 20.5 points while shooting 37.8% from 3-point range. In Milwaukee, he will have the ball in his hands a lot and be asked to be a primary shot creator.
