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His Versatility Already
The second reason that the Miami Heat shouldn’t trade Tyler Herro plays well off the first reason for starters, his performance thus far during the NBA Summer League, and with the prior clips being number two. His game is already really well rounded and way more so than any of us thought, which may include some members of the Miami Heat organization. Here is a quote from Heat Summer League coach Eric Glass and Heat.com’s Couper Moorhead.
"The player the HEAT drafted came out and played like the player the HEAT thought they drafted. “We definitely like that aggressiveness,” Summer League head coach Eric Glass said. Herro’s tape at Kentucky made it pretty clear that he had a more expansive game than your typical college shooter, so it’s not as though the HEAT were unveiling a skillset revelation in the same way as Bam Adebayo suddenly busting out with the ball full-court a few years back, but it was still notable that from the very first possession Herro was running offense. There were times when the defense got in his face and kept him perpendicular to the rim. There were also moments, hitting the dive man off a screen or running a shooter-shooter pick-and-roll with Duncan Robinson, where the simple plays looked natural."
While he should definitely be the shooter that he showed he was at Kentucky, he can really play the game of basketball on a multitude of levels. This early showing of multipleness and versatility in his game is a great sign of things to come.
If these performances are anything, and as cliche as it sounds, he may just only be scratching the surface as far as what type of player he can really become. While he could stick around and have a long successful career as simply a shooter of the highest magnitude, he seems to have all the tools to become a flat out star in general.
The Miami Heat shouldn’t get rid of this opportunity. They shouldn’t get rid of a guy that they believed to be worthy of taking with their first-round pick, but they also should be hesitant to give away his potential.
If he can continue to develop the rest of his game and if he only becomes 75 percent as good in other areas as he is at shooting, he could still be a star. This is the second reason why the Miami Heat shouldn’t even consider trading away Tyler Herro.