Heat's Tyler Herro 'glad Portland didn’t want me' as Damian Lillard trade rumors swirled

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Heat's Tyler Herro 'glad Portland didn’t want me' as Damian Lillard trade rumors swirled
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Tyler Herro was not shy about sharing his thoughts on returning to the Heat.

was a topic of discussion“I didn’t want to go to Portland, so I’m glad Portland didn’t want me … ” Herro. “I just don’t want to be in Portland. So it’s not personal with Portland, at all.”Many expected Herro to be the centerpiece of the blockbuster deal, but the longtime Trail Blazers guard was instead“I’m just happy to be on the court,” he said. “I haven’t played since April. I broke my hand and I haven’t played since then, so I’m ready to play.

The shooting guard recognized that some may have seen a correlation between him injuring his hand in Game 1 of the Heat’s first-round series against the Bucks and Miami making a run as the No. 8 seed to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Nuggets, without him. “I mean, I don’t really know what changed,” he said following a Heat camp session at Florida Atlantic University. “I got hurt and obviously we went on a run. So I don’t know if that changed people’s perspectives on the way that I play or my value. Nothing has changed. I haven’t gotten any worse. I’ve only gotten better, older, more experienced.”Damian Lillard played his final season with the Trail Blazers in 2022-23.

“And our team didn’t get better without me, we just started shooting better and making shots,” Herro said. “We didn’t make shots all year. And I’m the best shooter on the team. So I don’t think with me sitting out affected our shooting percentage. I just think we started making shots.”

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