TYLER HERRO IS BACK & SUDDENLY THE MIAMI HEAT LOOK LIKE A PROBLEM AGAIN

Tyler Herro is back.

And Miami looks like a freaking contender again because Boy Wonder walked straight out of ankle surgery and immediately started playing basketball like the rim personally insulted his mother.

Twenty-four points. Seven rebounds. A game-winning floater vs. Dallas.

And enough confidence to power Biscayne Bay during hurricane season.

The haters swore he couldn’t do it.

National media said he was “washed.”

NBA Twitter had obituaries drafted.

Nope. Tyler walked into Kaseya Center after missing two months like:

“I am HIM. Start the cameras.”

This man didn’t even ease his way into the season. He hit his first shot, then bricked four straight, then suddenly went 12-for-14 like the hoop owed him back pay with interest. It was one of the most disrespectful shot-making stretches we’ve ever seen — and it came from a dude who hasn’t played an NBA game since the last time gas was $3.19.

And then Herro dropped 29 in a win vs. Milwaukee, how’s that for a fluke?

THE CHAOS SPO NOW HAS TO INTEGRATE

Because now Erik Spoelstra, fresh off his 800th career win, has a new science experiment:

• Herro

• Norman “25 a night” Powell

• Andrew Wiggins

• Kel’el Ware the alien

• Bam Adebayo

• Whatever version of the track-team offense Miami is running now

• And Spo himself cooking in the lab like Walter White in a heat culture polo

Tyler knows exactly what the mission is. He literally told his teammates:

“I want to score 150. Keep playing how y’all are playing — I’ll find my spots.”

That’s the most Heat Culture sentence ever spoken

Translation: “I know y’all were hooping without me. Don’t slow the car down…I’ll latch onto the roof.”

Herro also fully understands he’s basically a supermax player on a hometown-discount, thanks to the ankle surgery. He didn’t WANT to miss two months, but he’s here now, healthy enough, and dropping efficient buckets like he never left.

And the craziest part?

Before going full scorer-mode, Herro was out here passing out Thanksgiving turkeys with Bam Adebayo and A’ja freakin’ Wilson, like the Heat are low-key auditioning for a future WNBA Miami expansion team without telling Adam Silver.

I’m not saying A’ja should be in a Heat jersey…

Actually, yes I am.

Please free her from Vegas and bring her to Miami so she and Bam can become the basketball Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

A'ja Wilson, Bam Adebayo & Tyler Herro passing out turkeys!!
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ON THE COURT, HERRO IS STILL HIM

Herro didn’t just come back, he came back perfectly for Miami’s new offense.

Remember: Spo threw out the entire system after last season. No more pick-and-roll fest. No more Bam-screens-until-death. The Heat now run:

        The fastest pace in the league

        The lowest pick-and-roll usage

        A “make decisions in under 0.5 seconds or go home” offense

        A spacing attack that looks like the Warriors and Grizzlies had a baby

And Herro fits this system like he was built in a lab for it.

Elite off the catch? Yep.

Elite attacking closeouts? Yep.

Elite floater package? My God.

Elite ego? Absolutely, and that’s a compliment in Miami.

Spo said it himself:

“Tyler is going to amplify everything we’re doing.”

He’s right.

Herro is shooting 63.6% since returning, and he hasn’t even had time to breathe yet. He didn’t get a preseason. Didn’t get training camp. Didn’t get ramp-up reps. Dude got thrown into the fire and immediately started roasting teams.

Miami needed EVERY one of his 24 points Monday night. Dallas made a run. P.J. Washington randomly decided to play like Prime Scottie Pippen. It didn’t matter,  because the final minute belonged to Herro.

Big steal by Bam → Herro walks down, gets to his spot → floater, splash, game over.

Herro followed that with 29 points in the next game vs. Milwaukee, shooting 60%, hitting three threes, and looking like the All-Star he was before his ankle exploded.

And now that he’s added defense, rebounding, and actual passing decisions into this new offense?

Teams are cooked.

THE TRUTH: IF MIAMI ISN’T IN THE ECF, IT’S A BUST

This roster is loaded.

This offense is insane.

This team is finally healthy.

And Herro is back on his bullshit, doing exactly what Miami needs:

        Getting buckets

        Fitting into Spo’s new system

        Amplifying the pace attack

        Not forcing the offense

        Letting Norm cook

        Letting Wiggins reincarnate

        And saving Miami late in games

Everyone else is just now realizing what Heat fans knew from the start:

Tyler Herro is a franchise player on a discount contract.

And Miami’s ceiling just shot into the stratosphere.

If the Heat aren’t in the Eastern Conference Finals?

Bust.

Because this team, THIS version, with Herro back, is built to ruin someone’s playoff dreams.

And if the league wasn’t scared before?

They should be now.