Per The Athletic’s Sam Amick, Joe Vardon, Eric Nehm, and Jon Krawczynski, Tyler Herro and the Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo were involved in a physical altercation in Las Vegas on Friday morning that stemmed from social media comments Herro made about the Heat centre. More on that later.
”The incident took place at a gym inside the Resorts World Casino in front of an AAU team run by Herro. According to multiple sources who witnessed the incident and who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, Adebayo walked onto the courts and Herro said something to him.
“Adebayo approached Herro and, without hesitation, punched him. Herro’s AAU coach confronted Adebayo, and Herro yelled at his former teammate while being escorted out by security personnel. Both players left the scene on their own,” members of The Athletic wrote.
Now, Herro appeared courtside at the Bucks Summer League game against the Miami Heat, ironically—which they lost 119-86—and even did an interview in which he did not appear to be too badly injured (I mean, I watched the broadcast before I saw this news, and I’d have been none the wiser). For reference, this was him at the game:
Maybe some discolouration in his right eye area? Looks like some makeup did the job?
Anyway, regarding Herro’s social media comments that reportedly upset Adebayo, here’s the deal: a text thread from an Instagram account that appears to be connected to Herro—called wonderdidit, for those interested—with a Heat fan was leaked. In this text thread, Herro appears to question whether Adebayo is worthy of the contracts he has signed.
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel asked Herro about the alleged incident: “my only comment is no comment.”
Both teams are aware of the situation but have thus far declined to comment, per The Athletic.