Tyler Herro says he is focusing on helping the Milwaukee Bucks and not looking in the past following his altercation with former Miami Heat teammate Bam Adebayo in Las Vegas last week.
Herro, who was dealt to the Bucks as part of the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade, told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne that he wants to “move on” from the incident and is “focused on the next chapter in Milwaukee.”
“Honestly, I’m just trying to move past all of it,” Herro said. “I’m focused on Milwaukee and building something special. They obviously just traded the greatest player in their history, so we want to come in and help continue what they’ve been doing.”
On Friday, The Athletic reported that Herro and Adebayo went at it inside a gym at Resorts World Casino in front of Herro’s AAU team in Las Vegas. The Heat and Bucks played one another that afternoon. Witnesses reported that Herro said something to Adebayo as Adebayo walked onto the courts. Adebayo then approached Herro and reportedly punched him. Herro’s AAU coach confronted Adebayo as Herro yelled at his former Miami teammate as he was escorted away by security personnel.
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According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the dust up occurred after Herro was approached by Adebayo about criticism he lobbied at Adebayo after their time together with the Heat came to an end.
Adebayo and Herro were Heat teammates from 2019-26. During that span, Miami made a pair of NBA Finals appearances: first in 2020 and again in 2023. Neither team issued a comment about what happened.
“My only comment is no comment,” was all Herro had to say on Friday, per Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel.
The fracas even led to Draymond Green and Udonis Haslem going at it on social media.
The 26-year-old Herro is from Milwaukee and said he was excited to return and help his hometown team.
“I’m ready to come home and not prove everyone wrong, but just be able to represent the city and the state because I wanted to do that coming out of school as well,” Herro told ESPN.
The NBA is expected to release its 2026-27 schedule sometime in August. All eyes will be on the first meeting between Herro’s Bucks and Adebayo’s Heat.
