The Miami Heat didn’t make it as far as they or many had hoped for them to make it this season. With a slew of injuries and the coronavirus to contend with, as many other teams did, the Miami Heat never seemed to fully get their rhythm about them.
That same sentiment stands for one of the the Miami Heat’s brightest young talents. When you look at Tyler Herro and the season he just had, it wasn’t comparable to his rookie season, relatively.
When you say that, you mean relative to expectation or the perceptions. You say that, because, when you look at the raw numbers, he improved.
That’s the first reason why a move shouldn’t be considered, although you hear a ton of those kinds of thoughts floating around, perhaps. Although many thought and expected that he would take another major leap, from his rookie to sophomore year, he only took a minor step forward.
However, he improved. That can’t be overlooked or understated.
While hearing his name buzzing around trades at the deadline, there was a clear struggle for both Herro and Duncan Robinson, however, after all of that anxiousness was put to bed following the deadline and them still being in Miami, they returned to form.
At the end of the day, he didn’t become Devin Booker this season, as many hope he still will and can be, but he got better. That’s a positive.
The Miami Heat didn’t know what they had in Tyler Herro when they drafted him near the end of the lottery.
When the Miami Heat took Tyler Herro with the 13th overall pick in the draft before last year’s, they, likely, didn’t know what they had on their hands. Who could have guessed that he would come in with the swag, the confidence, the belief, and the bravado in his game that he did?
Well, at every other level, this is the guy that has showed up but this is the big leagues. Guess what though?
That same guy showed up there too. That leans right into the second reason.
As mentioned in the explanation of reason number one, he didn’t make quite the leap that many thought he could or saw for him, but he did get better. You also like the things that you could literally see improvement in, such as his drive game, his ability to be better off the dribble, and the still-looming potential of being a main ball-handler and playmaker.
With that, you look towards what he still can be, as opposed to what he wasn’t this past season. At the end of the day and with what he’s shown thus far, the guy still has a very very high ceiling.
That’s a fact. That’s the second reason why they shouldn’t move him.
The Miami Heat, the fans, and even Tyler, probably expected more of him this past season, but it didn’t materialize. With that though, he is still very good and will become much better.
Thats the second reason. He has a long way to go and that still could, very well, end up at the destination of greatness.
The Miami Heat need all the efficiently priced, yet effective, guys they can find. Tyler Herro is one of those.
The Miami Heat are now in the process of tinkering, re-making their team, and giving themselves a facelift prior to next season. After going out extremely sad to the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs in sweeping fashion, they will surely look to avoid such a fate moving forward.
With that though, you need to add efficiently priced, yet effective, options to your roster. When thinking about efficiency and effectiveness though, it gets no more real than Tyler Herro.
For the umpteenth time, the potential it was believed he would see this year wasn’t quite met but there is still a ton there, but what he was this year was still decent. Take part in this experiment.
Say the name on the back of his jersey wasn’t “Herro” or the name on the front wasn’t some iteration of “Miami Heat”. Would you then look at this second-year player’s production, for the team he played on, in the situations they found themselves in, at the price of his salary and speak against it?
Or… would you say to yourself, “at that rate, that’s a good bargain, because even though they want him to be better, they are getting more than the production his salary deems he should give”. If you are confused, here it is spread out.
The Miami Heat are still getting more or as much from Tyler, over the past two years, than they would have gotten from another guy signed to the roster that makes the same amount of money as he does. The roster will be full anyway and guys have to make a salary.
What that means is that they would pay somebody, anyway, right? When you look at Tyler’s production relative to his salary, expectations be darned, he outplays his pay.
That’s the third reason to keep him around. Though you know he can be great, being a rotational guy that outplays the money you are being paid is always a win for your organization, even if you have all the potential in the world.
Listen, if James Harden or Devin Booker lite is in there somewhere, trust, it’s wanted. If it isn’t though, he’s a good little rotational player right now, with ice in his veins, who can create, finish, and hit a big shot.
His max potential is wanted, but on the way there, this is a good consolation prize. These are the three reasons why they shouldn’t move Tyler Herro.