With the NBA Trade Deadline mere days away, there's a fair chance that Tyler Herro has already played his last game in a Miami Heat uniform.
Herro is currently sidelined with an injury, and it would be shocking if he suited up again before the trade deadline. At this point, even if he's ready to return, I'd imagine the Heat will hold him out for precautionary reasons until the trade deadline passes.
If everything falls the Heat's way over the next few days, Herro will no longer be a member of the Heat. If it's any consolation, that would almost certainly mean that Miami acquired Giannis Antetokounmpo via trade. Still, it would be a pretty sudden end to Herro's story in Miami.
Tyler Herro's success story for the Heat
Putting this injury-plagued season aside, Herro had been one of the most consistent players for the Heat over the last few years. Even though he was always viewed as one of the more polarizing players within the fan base, the front office clearly valued him greatly.
And how could they not?
Herro represented one of the best Heat success stories in recent memory.
After being selected outside the lottery, Herro developed himself into one of the best offensive wings in the league. He even made his first All-Star team in 2025.
Even if Herro never fully developed into the superstar that the Heat needed, it's difficult not to look back at the first few years of his career in Miami as anything but a success story.
Even if it suddenly ends this week, Herro will be one developmental story that the Heat's franchise will look back on with delight. Plus, he could be a piece that helps them put together the Giannis puzzle.
Tyler Herro's uncertain future beyond the trade deadline
But even if the Heat falter in their attempt at Giannis, and if there is no trade, Herro's future is still very much up in the air. He will enter the final year of his contract next season with the Heat, and with the injuries that he's struggled with this year, there's no guarantee he'll get an extension this summer.
In fact, I'd be shocked at this point if there was even an offer.
That means that there's a chance that even if he doesn't get traded at this year's deadline, that we could still end up doing this same song and dance in the offseason, perhaps even all the way up to next year's deadline.
Under that assumption, there does seem to be a sense of "when" and not "if" when it comes to a trade of Herro. That's truly a shame, considering how much Herro has meant to this franchise through the first six years of his career.