2025-26 Miami Heat Player Review: Tyler Herro

We are two weeks removed from the conclusion of the 2025-26 Miami Heat season. Our player review series is back! Over the next several days, we will be reviewing how each Heat player performed throughout their campaign. Here is ours for Tyler Herro!

Past Player Reviews:

• Bam Adebayo
• Simone Fontecchio
• Myron Gardner

Brief Overview:

2025-26 stats (33 games):

• 20.5 PPG
• 4.8 RPG
• 4.1 APG
• 48.0 FG%
• 37.8 3P%
• 56.1 eFG%
• 60.2 TS%

It was a turbulent season for Herro, who played a career-low 33 games amid myriad injuries. We’ll discuss those more shortly, but the one-time All-Star began the season shelved after suffering a foot injury during an offseason workout last summer. He showed flashes, but was never able to find his rhythm alongside first-year Heat guard — where their fit together was disastrous.

Numbers to note:

49 – Games Missed:

You can’t talk about Herro’s season without discussing his availability — or lack thereof. Herro’s 49 games missed is a career high, surpassing the 40 he missed two seasons prior. The nagging foot injury ate up a healthy chunk, but he also missed time with a rib and toe injury. Over the last five seasons, Herro’s appeared in 69.5 percent of the team’s regular season games; over the last three, that number drops to 61.8 percent. And the Heat have been oftentimes better — if not equal — with him off the court, even though he helps their floor spacing and shooting.

19.7 – Assist Percentage:

Herro picked his spots in the Heat’s new-look offense. Though the 6-foot-5 has frequently been one of their most potent pick-and-roll playmakers in recent season. Miami ostracised those opportunities this year, limiting Herro’s effectiveness as a playmaker. They’d sprinkle them in, but Herro’s assist percentage dropped to 19.7 percent, his lowest since 2020-21, his second season. His usage also took a dip, but I think Herro’s playmaking was significantly affected by this free-flowing offense.

47.2 – Mid Range Frequency

With all of these numbers, we’re dealing with a smaller sample. But one footnote I found interesting was Herro’s shot profile. The seventh-year guard continued his trend from the second half of 2024-25, reverting back to a shot profile with a heavy dose of mid-range attempts. Instead, this time, new marks were reached. Herro’s 47.2 mid-range frequency marked a new career high, according to Cleaning The Glass; his mid-range frequency never exceeded 44.1 percent over his previous six campaigns. He was efficient. And a healthy amount of those came from ~4-14 feet (short 2s), but his 3-point rate was (40.4 percent), which was the second-lowest of his career. Defenses made a pretty conscious effort to run him off the 3-point line, so I’m keeping an eye on that moving forward.

Best Game?

Herro’s best game of the season was on March 6 against the Charlotte Hornets. He tallied a season-high 33 points, his first of three 30-point performances on the season, on 11-of-20 shooting and 8-of-10 from beyond the arc. In addition to his 33 points, he also had nine rebounds and nine assists.

What’s next?

Well, Herro will be under the knife again. It was reported earlier this week that he’ll undergo a minor foot procedure that’s more precautionary than anything. The 26-year-old is entering the final year of a $120 million extension at $33 million. Truthfully, it’s best for both sides to go their separate ways, but the idea of moving him becomes more tenuous coming off arguably the worst season of his career, even on an expiring.

The Heat will need to eat their pride and be willing to take 60 cents on the dollar for Herro. They waited too long, and they will have to pay for it, one way or another. The league no longer values one-way scoring guards, especially one who can’t stay on the court.

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