Miami Heat: The Tyler Herro Disrespect Has To Stop

The Miami Heat are once again being trolled. Well, it has to be.

On Wednesday, John Hollinger of The Athletic (Subscription Required) had one of the biggest look-at-me moments ever known to man. To get right to it, he stated that he would undoubtedly have the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love as his NBA Sixth Man Of The Year.

This is why Miami Heat fans and faithful always have a problem with the national narrative about this team, especially on the topic of season awards and accolades.

To be frank, Tyler Herro is the NBA 6MOY and it’s not close.

There is no world where he can’t be. You could scream Heat Homer all you want, but the facts are the facts and that means Herro should win the award.

You have to keep in mind that Miami is the number one seed in the East and have been for a while, with a ton of their success having to do with Herro’s impact off the bench.

Miami Heat: The Tyler Herro Disrespect Has To Stop

In Hollinger’s thoughts on the topic, he says that “the voting mindset for this award has become increasingly weird over the past several years, and it’s long past time to inject some rationality”. He also goes on to say that Kevin Love’s “return to being a floor-spacing, rebounding, out-letting menace is one of the biggest reasons the Cavs are a winning team again”.

Apparently, throwing long outlet passes twice a week is the main criterion for the award now and by the way, please don’t act as if Love is the rebounder now that he once was. Since the numbers are so important here, they actually may show that the Cavaliers are better without Love on the floor.

Hollinger also mentions Love shooting 38.5 percent from three while ignoring that Herro is currently shooting 39.8 percent. Also, he says that Love is “diming people up” with 4.8 assists per 100 possessions while, again, ignoring Herro recording six assists per 100.

It totally seems to fit his narrative though. This is the same guy who had Miami going 44-38 this season.

Your favorite part of that prediction should be the part where he said without Bam Adebayo for any length of time, they would be a “tragedy”. For clarity, Bam Adebayo missed twenty-two games this year and it wasn’t a “tragedy”—just a tragic take.

Miami Heat: There Is No World Where Tyler Herro Isn’t The NBA 6MOY

Everyone was quick to call Herro out on last season for having a “down year” when he actually had a better season than the previous one, according to the numbers that everyone always likes to go to. However, as people that follow the Miami Heat closely can tell you, you knew that he didn’t have the season he wanted to have.

So, what did he do? He did what he has always done in his short career, thus far.

He proceeded to come out and have a bounce-back year, perhaps even deserving of an All-Star bid over a guy like—LaMelo Ball even, but that’s for another day. What isn’t for another day though is this fact.

This is just another example of why Miami Heat fans don’t listen to the national media, as it just seems like they do not actually watch the games. Herro plays a huge role for Miami coming off the bench and for a team that struggles to put points on the board at times, they look to Herro to get those points on the board for them.

Tyler Herro has also become one heck of passer and playmaker as well, another thing people seem to forget about his game. Again though, we all know he should be the Sixth Man Of The Year.

You should be stunned if he does not win the award, I will. As one of those people that actually does watch him play, you guess we’ll have to be the one pushing the right narrative.

Because, well, some people just won’t say what’s right.