Miami Heat: Myths and truth of Tyler Herro’s 3-game return | Five on the Floor
Tyler Herro has been back for three games, and he’s scored plenty, and the Miami Heat are 2-1. But it’s definitely looked different on both ends. Ethan Skolnick and Alex Toledo discuss what’s changed and how Erik Spoelstra can tinker.
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45 Comments
Cade gave EVERYBODY buckets
Tyler Nico and a pick for AD makes us a contender this year….
Why are we ignoring the obvious reason the team looks off here?… only one thing has changed over the last 3 games
Dang it, I knew Wigs would be at the 4 😒 the issue with Ware not starting is not so much Ware's play but that they have no other bigs. He IS the backup big!
That detroit team scares me!
So it’s Wiggins fault? SMH ridiculous the real problem is they should’ve slowly incorporated Tyler coming back from injury a few weeks on the bench and go from there
Tyler makes everyone else on the team looked JACKED.
Weird cause I saw Davion & Norm both miss layups in the clutch that if they make Heat would have won… so the clutch offense without Tyler would have not gotten them close.
But all the Herro haters are pumped the Heat finally lost so they can get their bad Herro takes off👍
Herro should’ve came off the bench atleast to ease him into the rotation. Spo smoked the team chemistry by forcing Herro into everything. Heat always do worse w Tyler somehow
The problem is having 3 small guards a small pf and a small big man. If you're starting herro, davion needa to be off the bench and start ware. Herro/powell arent the best defenders so make sure the other 3 are ELITE.
I’m so tired of the small ball. Ware should start and we can stagger throughout the game. People act like all the best players are 2-way players. No one has said that Steph was a defensive stall worth 🙄. Yet GS gets by.
Herro is the only guy that comes back after being out for months and gets examined like a guy that’s been playing all season. Now I think Ethan is right Spo has to plug and sub Herro and Norm when the defense is suffering
what a take. let's bench wiggs instead. if wiggs were guarding the 3 rather than the 4 we'd be even better on defense.. but no let's not hold certain players accountable and instead bench players who don't deserve to be benched. that'll fix it.
Trade Tyler, he is a defensive liability and that's the problem
Alex is clueless, the 3 guards have clearly been the problem.
So Tyler hits the 3 to cut it to 5. Next play Davion gets a steal, has both Tyler and Norm trailing him and instead of passing he misses a layup. very next play Powell turns it over. Tyler hist the free thows to cut it to 3 and Detroit get into the lane for a completely unconnected layup because DPOY Bam never turned to face the rim. But blame Tyler??? Without him they lose by 20. There is no comeback,
The biggest problem has been Ware not starting
Ethan really needs to upgrade his internet
WTF is Alex talking about? Tyler had 2 turnovers none in the 4th. If Alex loses his keys he would find a way to blame Tyler.
Yall so fickle if the heat don’t shoot 29% from three the last 2 games they win easily
Powell can't close like he did against Detroit. You need Herro to close and funny enough Herro's defensive stats have been better than Powell's
Everyone's missing the point on Hero its not about his offense its about the defensive liablity
Let’s just be real honest. We have seasons worth of evidence now. We have NEVER been able to manage the daylight between Tyler and the basket defensively.
Tyler and Powell are NOT going to have some dynamic 2-man game as neither of them are gifted facilitators. They are both gunners, and they are going to need a Davion or Jaime in their lineup to connect them, which either leaves us weak defensively or REALLY small.
There’s proof of concept with Powell. Everyone’s role was clearly defined, his defense doesn’t add, but it holds up.
Tyler is an elite scorer, but he’s in this weird place of proving to be unmanageable defensively, and too expensive to be what he really is, which is the ultimate 6th Man.
Do a video about Ware not playing 30 minutes a game. That's the one issue that needs to be addressed before Tyler or starters or anything else.
This is not nuanced…. You are saying what we have been saying with more words… start either Norm or Herro. You cant play both to start or close the game. This isn't hard, spo has to make a tough decision. Period.
You can't start Ware… because Jovic is regressing right now…he could be a big off the bench and stagger Bam and Ware.. but Jovic is so mentally fragile..it's crazy..so Ware has to come off the bench
All iteration of the Heat with Tyler as a main piece is just worse off.
2021, 2023, 2024, 2025.
The only reason they got to the NBA finals in 2023 is because Tyler got injured.
He throws the team’s whole rhythm off. The ball loses energy when he is on the floor.
Bam takes more shots than Wiggs on average..and shouldn't…wiggs is the best defender on the team ..and he's a bucket…bring Powell or Tyler off the bench ..If you start Ware…both norm and Tyler have been the 6th man before for a reason.. Wiggins never has…plus wiggs is a natural 2guard..he's not even a three…Steve Kerr did that..wiggs off the bench…the heat will be down 15 points bout time he gets in
I hope they trade wiggs to the Lakers…if so… I'll guarantee in the voice of Charles Barkley.the heat will be a play in team..and won't make it
Benching Wiggins makes even less sense than the starting line up as is. He wants to bench the best wing on the roster 🤣 bruh this just feels like a disaster incoming I hope im wrong but with these decisions im not.
This is crazy talking about not having T.Herro in the the clutch when we clearly see several other got to great teams have players hunted when they play against teams that have mismatches. Every team have weak defenders that start. It's about effort on that defensive end.
No Herro No Problem this team has always played better with out your Herro less defense, less scoring, less chemistry. Your Herro has caused nothing but pain for Heat fans for half a decade trade him and Jovic for top pick or relentless two -way player. Let's go HEAT
bro cade was dog tired at the end of that game. he played alot of minutes leading into that game , we should of won by 30
Herro is a good player, Herro deserved his all star. Herro needs to come off the bench. Every season we do this, and every season numbers show we just aren’t as good with him in the starting lineup. I have 2 years of proof he is effective off the bench.
Hold on, they're blaming Tyler for the loss? And that the team is shooting worse at the rim or not hitting 3s since he came back. Dumb as takes. I'm done with this episode ✌️
It's actually pathetic the hoops y'all jump through to protect Herro. We've seen the results
😂 it's everyone's fault, but Tyler's on defensive limitations-got it
Trade Herro and Jovic for Myles Turner. We need a 3rd big that can defend, and Powell is a better version of Herro in the context of this team
Face it Spo is kissing Herros ass,instead of bring in a defensive player.With 5 minutes left,take Herro out.
Bam SUCKED against Detroit.
Send Jovic to the G League.
Maybe they should stop switching on everything. We have hero guarding the other team best player or having a point guard to cover a center all the time. I don’t see that happening with other teams.
Dam shame Tyler is basically unplayable late in close games. They paid Jovic for some odd reason.
If they want to start three little guards, they can’t have a little power forward and a little center.
They should start Ware over Wiggins Or one of those guards needs to start on the bench.
These guys talk about Wiggins like he's just a journey man and afterthought. Respect the world champion. Geez!