The Miami Heat have a lot going on as the offseason gets fully ramped up and kicked off. While who they may bring in, at some point, is a topic of conversation, who they might be sending out has been a cloud hovering above them for about a year or so now as well.
Near the trade deadline last season, it was clear to see that the swirling rumors were impacting the performance and productivity of some of the Heat’s guys. Tyler Herro and Duncan Robinson were the main suspects there though.
While those talks may have calmed a bit after the deadline passed, it wasn’t long after their final game where they came back around. Speaking to that chatter, Herro gave his take on all the noise in a recent question and answer session with reporters.
The Miami Heat are always looking to get better and that might take Tyler Herro to do it. However, it might not but he’s keeping his head about it, either way.
Here is what he had to say, per Brendan Tobin of 790 The Ticket.
Tyler Herro on potential trade rumors: I done listening to all that, honestly. Any time we're not playing my name is brought up in something. I'm focused on getting better and getting this team better...We're building up to win the championship and I don't plan on going anywhere. pic.twitter.com/nDqJesHhDg
— Brendan Tobin (@Brendan_Tobin) July 21, 2021
As stated in the clip of Herro’s quote, he says he’s “done listening to all that”. While he hasn’t quite had public breakdowns in the past, he has tended to be a bit more ambiguous and almost guarded on the topics, so it’s good to see him attack it all with this mindset.
He seems to be focused on the right things. It’s cliché and especially in sports, but you have to control the controllables.
That means that one should only concern themselves, for the most part, with things that they can actually control. While things out of one’s control should be pondered upon, they shouldn’t be dwelled upon or hold you back from giving your best effort.
Whether this philosophy is entirely true or applicable is one thing, it sure makes a little bit of sense when it’s considered and especially in a situation like Herro’s. He doesn’t really control where he’ll be playing to open the season, but he does control how much work he puts in to be the best version of himself, wherever he is.
To be frank, hopefully, that’s in Miami. At this point, though he is their best asset, and unless it’s for a Dame Lillard-type talent, moving him, his efficient contract, his production, and the massive potential that still lives among it all for anything less than that is a moot move.
That’s not the Miami Heat way. Surely, that’s not how Pat Riley tends to do business.
Either way though, Herro seems to get it.