During the buildup to the 2025-26 NBA season, the biggest talking points around the Miami Heat were the will-they-or-won't-they nature of contract extension talks with All-Star guard Tyler Herro. Then, when he went under the knife for left ankle surgery ahead of training camp, Miami's new Herro-based headache became whether his absence might derail this season before it even started.
Well, those conversations are thankfully finished—Herro wasn't extended, and his absence hasn't doomed the Heat—but a new dilemma has taken their place. With Miami's new-look offense dismantling defenses on the regular (before stalling out against San Antonio, at least), coach Erik Spoelstra now has to figure out where Herro fits in the new system and who must be removed from the rotation to accommodate his return.