Miami Heat: Only a minimal difference in Tyler Herro and Donovan Mitchell

Miami Heat: Only a minimal difference in Tyler Herro and Donovan Mitchell

The short answer is no. With Mitchell-led teams’ playoff history, when the games and moments matter the most, with his diminutive size, and with his lack of defensive prowess, it just isn’t worth it for the Miami Heat to empty the war chest for him, in general.

Specifically though, there is another reason. One of the guys that it will probably take to land anyone of this type of merit in a trade this offseason, Tyler Herro, is comparable to Mitchell.

Hear us out before you close your browser. First though, take this into account, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald.

"As the Heat has pursued a Donovan Mitchell trade in recent weeks, we’ve fielded the question from several readers: Is he really that much better than Tyler Herro? “He’s absolutely better, but he’s not enormously better where it’s a no-brainer considering all the other assets Utah would want,” one Western Conference scout said. “I would make the trade, but it’s not a no-brainer.” Keep in mind that any trade involving Herro and Mitchell would involve other Heat assets, including multiple first-round picks, Duncan Robinson, and perhaps Nikola Jovic or Omer Yurtseven. Utah is unimpressed with those Heat assets, per the Salt Lake Tribune."

Outside of the extra noise about the package and what Utah is or isn’t impressed by, it’s the first part of that statement that stands out. And to be truthful about it all, Mitchell really isn’t a supreme upgrade over Herro at all, at this point and when you really think about it, might be a downgrade when thinking about combined trajectory and current production.