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NBA Exec Rates Jordan Poole Over Tyler Herro After Heat Star's $130M Contract

Tyler Herro and the Miami Heat agreed to a four-year, $130 million contract extension this offseason, but some around the league prefer another guard who could be signing his own extension in the near future.

"Better creator, stronger going to the rim, should hold up more defensively if he just tries because he plays a little bit bigger," one league executive said when explaining why they viewed Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole more favorably than Herro, per Anthony Slater of The Athletic.

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