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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Tyler Christopher Herro is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one year with the Kentucky Wildcats.
Obviously, I need to be more efficient, but as far as my numbers go, I just want to see W's starting to stack up on that win column.
I always looked up to LeBron, how he came to the game.
It's just about putting in the work and really putting in time and effort to something you love.
I think everyone likes to see somebody achieve their goals.
I definitely feel comfortable with the ball in my hands.
I love pie. Definitely apple pie, but sweet potato pie - really any pie.
I prefer 'Boy Wonder.'
I'm always excited to play my hometown, but I'm kind of past the Milwaukee thing.
Klay Thompson, Ray Allen, CJ McCollum, Steve Nash and Bradley Beal are the guys that's I've watched, just picking different things from each player.
On the defensive end, I just have to be better.
I only need one workout to feel like my shot is back.
All the Kentucky guys are all close. We all wish the best for each other. Kentucky's a brotherhood.
I have a lot of confidence.
I feel like I can always make the most out of my role no matter what it is.
I think just with repetitions and my confidence, I'll be all right.
You can't survive in this league if you don't have confidence.
I think that's one thing that teams need to build around their stars: spacing to allow them to operate.
As a competitor, you always want to go against the best, so whoever guards me, I'm hoping it's the best defender from the other team.
I'm just a kid from a small town. Not many people make it from there. Shout out to Whitnall.
You know, at the end of the day, all you can do is work at it, perfect your craft, come in with a great attitude and just respect everybody in the building.
I am poised and confident in what I do, so I think whether it's shot clock winding down in the playoffs or regular season game, I'm going to have the same mentality.
I would probably say they don't like me too much back home. Some people aren't my biggest fans.
I put in a lot of work and you always want to see results from your work.
Being drafted 13 definitely motivates me, but I love where I was drafted, I love the opportunity I was drafted into. But the 12 guys ahead of me are in the back of my head all the time.
Ever since I signed with Nike I definitely got a crazy amount of shoes.
I think I can play in pick-and-rolls, I can create a little bit more than people think... I'm much more than a shooter.
I have one of the purest shots in the whole entire world, in the league.
Going to Kentucky... it's not really a college experience. You go there for basketball. You get your studies together, but then after that, it's all about basketball.
I'm just going to bet on myself. I've been doing that my whole life.
I bring toughness. I'm a leader. I bring defense as well.
I definitely feel like I grew up a little bit more, just as far as knowing the game more, learning more. I was able to sit back and really just watch everybody and learn.
Having the ball is how you score, so I like having it in my hands.
I love seeing the drop coverage.
Every day I just feel like I'm not at my best.
I think once you see a couple shots go down, and when you're getting shots in rhythm, the game flows.
It's just a dream come true. I can't believe I'm standing here with a Miami Heat hat on, walking across the stage. It's a blessing.
I just kept it off social media for the most part, put my head down, and went to work. I lived in the gym.
Only a couple of people have like blown their horn and rolled down their window and stuff like that. But no one's been really stopping me when I'm running.
I think the coaches are trying to push me and get me out of my comfort zone in being able to communicate with my teammates and being more of a leader on the floor.
I didn't really know my wingspan was that short until it got measured. Either way, I was good with whatever my arm length is.
Whatever my role is, I'm ready to take it on.
I think I'm going to surprise a lot of people.
We're always caught up in the, 'Just control the things that you can control,' and sometimes you can't control those.
I've really stayed up with the cardio, because I know the Heat are going to make sure they want us in shape, the best shape, our body fat and stuff like that. So I've been really keeping up with my cardio.
So I feel like while I'm in Miami, which is I hope for a while, a long time, forever, I'll be able to rep Miami and everything that's going on here.
I can assure you, I'm not no Dwyane Wade yet.
We thought I was going to go to Boston at 14, and then Miami took me at 13. So I got blessed to come here, instead of there.
Throughout my career, I hope to see the best defenders.
At the end of the day, I just want to play and help win.
Every time I go out there I try to bring my A-game and show people I can do more than just shoot.
Whether I'm starting or coming off the bench, I just want to be able to help and compete.
Ever since I was in high school, I just tried to prove people wrong, and a lot of people doubt me and I just put a lot of work in and a lot of effort into it.
From quarantine to the bubble to the Finals, everything just happened fast.
I like it when people are against me.
I think everybody's goal is to start, and try to impact winning as much as possible.
If you don't look at my skin color and we just go play basketball, you're not going to say I'm a white kid that can just shoot.
I'm a bucket.
When you're preparing for a game, you prepare like you're starting. But if you're not, if you're coming off the bench, everybody has a role.
Seventh grade is when I met my shooting coach and he fixed my shot. I used to shoot with two hands. Really ever since is when my I started to shoot real well.
Whatever Coach has me doing, I'm willing to do it.