MIAMI — Just when it appeared the Miami Heat were set with their roster for the Sept. 30 start of training camp, the team confirmed Friday that foot/ankle surgery will have guard Tyler Herro out for the start of the season.
Coming off an All-Star season and positioned for a contract extension next month, Herro is the catalyst for an offense that otherwise has struggled in recent seasons.
The immediate options for the Heat will be additional reliance on newcomer Norman Powell as the team’s starting shooting guard, with an expected expanded role for Davion Mitchell, who re-signed in free agency in the offseason.
Other options for increased roles in the absence of Herro are second-year Pelle Larsson and third-year Jaime Jaquez Jr. Veteran returning guard Dru Smith also could factor into that equation, although he continues to work back from the Achilles tear suffered last December.
There also is the question of whether Terry Rozier could now find a renewed opportunity, in the wake of last season’s struggles and then Heat attempts to unload the final year of his contract during the offseason.
Like many teammates, Herro had been working during informal sessions at Kaseya Center in advance of the start of training camp, with the foot/ankle ailment having lingered in the offseason.
Based on the Heat’s position against the punitive luxury tax, they currently are not in position to sign a 15th player to a standard contract, the NBA regular-season limit. The Heat currently have 21 players under contract, the NBA offseason maximum.
The length of Herro’s absence is expected to become clearer in the wake of Friday’s surgery.
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Herro last season averaged a career-best 23.9 points, as well as a career-best 5.5 assists, shooting a career best .472. In all, he played a career-high 77 games, the first time in his six seasons playing 70 or more.
The Heat are scheduled to hold their annual media day Sept. 29 at Kaseya Center, followed by four days of training camp at Florida Atlantic University, before their Oct. 4 preseason opener against the Orlando Magic in Puerto Rico. The Heat open the franchise’s 38th season on Oct. 22 in Orlando.
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