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The Miami Heat's unceremonious season couldn't have ended any worse. After trading long-time franchise player Jimmy Butler in February, the Heat went on to get positively waxed in a decisive sweep by the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs.
As my pal Mike Sykes wrote in the aftermath, "Heat Culture" hasn't been this weak in a long time.
On Wednesday, as the Heat dusted themselves off and picked up the pieces from their lost year, Tyler Herro's reaction to one of his pretty harmless quotes about Butler only added unnecessary drama to what sure seems like an already fraught situation for the organization.
The guard took to his secondary Instagram profile (wonderdidit) to claim that he did not, in fact, say he "needed Jimmy [Butler] to win" before Miami's Game 3 loss, as a recent story from The Athletic's Jared Weiss claimed. According to Herro, he did make those comments to Weiss after Game 2, but only in the context of discussing a need for Butler during the height of the ex-Heat forward's trade saga during this past January and February, specifically.
Uh, what? Sure.
Why did Herro feel the need to clarify the precise context of a direct question about something kind (and supportive!) he said regarding one of his former teammates right after a humiliating sweep where he scored just 17 total points while shooting 6-of-23 combined in Games 3 and 4? Because the timing lines up otherwise.
And who on Earth would read Herro's sentiments that way, especially when it sure seems like his comments actually weren't taken out of context?
Herro's clarification at his press conference at the Heat's exit interview day on Wednesday didn't make anything better.
He expanded on his Instagram statement, saying he didn't care if his team was winless, as he would still "never come out and say I needed someone else to win. That's just my personality. That's who I am as a competitor."
Cool. Thanks, man. You're the first NBA player to never need a talented teammate for success. You're the "alpha" or something. Everyone sees you, and everyone is patting you on the back after you just got torn to pieces in the first round of the playoffs. Congratulations to Herro on this note.
This whole situation feels like the 25-year-old Herro missing the forest for the trees as the Heat organization comes to a new crossroads. And if this is how the Heat offseason started, good luck to them on navigating the entire summer. They'll need it.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Tyler Herro clarified his mild Jimmy Butler Heat quote with needless explanation
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As my pal Mike Sykes wrote in the aftermath, "Heat Culture" hasn't been this weak in a long time.
On Wednesday, as the Heat dusted themselves off and picked up the pieces from their lost year, Tyler Herro's reaction to one of his pretty harmless quotes about Butler only added unnecessary drama to what sure seems like an already fraught situation for the organization.
The guard took to his secondary Instagram profile (wonderdidit) to claim that he did not, in fact, say he "needed Jimmy [Butler] to win" before Miami's Game 3 loss, as a recent story from The Athletic's Jared Weiss claimed. According to Herro, he did make those comments to Weiss after Game 2, but only in the context of discussing a need for Butler during the height of the ex-Heat forward's trade saga during this past January and February, specifically.
Uh, what? Sure.
Why did Herro feel the need to clarify the precise context of a direct question about something kind (and supportive!) he said regarding one of his former teammates right after a humiliating sweep where he scored just 17 total points while shooting 6-of-23 combined in Games 3 and 4? Because the timing lines up otherwise.
And who on Earth would read Herro's sentiments that way, especially when it sure seems like his comments actually weren't taken out of context?
Herro's clarification at his press conference at the Heat's exit interview day on Wednesday didn't make anything better.
He expanded on his Instagram statement, saying he didn't care if his team was winless, as he would still "never come out and say I needed someone else to win. That's just my personality. That's who I am as a competitor."
Cool. Thanks, man. You're the first NBA player to never need a talented teammate for success. You're the "alpha" or something. Everyone sees you, and everyone is patting you on the back after you just got torn to pieces in the first round of the playoffs. Congratulations to Herro on this note.
This whole situation feels like the 25-year-old Herro missing the forest for the trees as the Heat organization comes to a new crossroads. And if this is how the Heat offseason started, good luck to them on navigating the entire summer. They'll need it.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Tyler Herro clarified his mild Jimmy Butler Heat quote with needless explanation
Continue reading...
