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Heat guard Tyler Herro has missed three of the last four games with a nagging toe injury. (Mandatory Credit: Alex Slitz\/Getty Images)<\/p>\nHeat guard Tyler Herro has missed three of the last four games with a nagging toe injury. (Mandatory Credit: Alex Slitz\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Coming off a career-high 77 games, it\u2019s been an injury-riddled 2025-26 season for Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro.<\/p>\n
Hoping to play well enough to earn an extension, which he won\u2019t be eligible for again until next summer, the 6-foot-5 guard has missed 20 of the team\u2019s 26 games. He missed the team\u2019s first 17 coming off offseason ankle surgery and has missed three of the last four with a nagging toe injury.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s not getting better, he admitted on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt hasn\u2019t really gotten better, so I tried to warm up and I just wasn\u2019t feeling right that night,\u201d Herro said about his late scratch Monday, according<\/a> to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to control the swelling and the inflammation, and then from there I can kind of decide what I want to do from there.\u201d<\/p>\n Herro admitted that he underwent his second MRI in less than two weeks on Tuesday, while also receiving a Toradol shot. Both scans revealed that he has a right foot contusion. Though he\u2019s still going to make the Heat\u2019s three-game road trip, which begins Thursday against the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n \u201cI just got to rest it and calm it down until I get back to normal,\u201d Herro said. \u201cI\u2019m going on the trip, so I\u2019m hopeful that I\u2019ll be back at some point on the trip, if not, then hopefully the week at home.\u201d<\/p>\n In six games, Herro averaged 23.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and one steal per game. He\u2019s shooting 50.5 percent from the floor and 40.5 percent from 3-point range on 6.2 triple tries per game, which would be his lowest per-game volume since 2020-21, his second season.<\/p>\n Where his struggles have come is defensively and as a playmaker in the Heat\u2019s new offense. His struggles defensively \u2014 even though he\u2019s shown moments on- and off-ball \u2014 aren\u2019t new. His struggles as a playmaker are new, though it directly correlates to the Heat\u2019s lack of ball screens<\/a>, when he was their most frequent pick-and-roll ballhandler.<\/p>\n There was always going to be an adjustment period. Needless to say, the longer he\u2019s inactive, the longer that \u201cadjustment period\u201d will last. It will also be difficult for the Heat to find any sort of rhythm if the rotation keeps oscillating night-to-night.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n To check out our other content, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Follow Hot Hot Hoops on Twitter\/X\u00a0here<\/a>!<\/p>\n Follow Hot Hot Hoops on Instagram\u00a0here<\/a>!<\/p>\n Check out Hot Hot Hoops on Facebook\u00a0here<\/a>!<\/p>\n Subscribe to our YouTube channel\u00a0here<\/a>!<\/p>\n \t\t\t