The Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks were still sharing a Summer League gym as trade partners on Friday, and things got physical away from the court.
Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, teammates in Miami for seven seasons before Herro was shipped to Milwaukee in the Giannis Antetokounmpo blockbuster, got into an altercation at a Las Vegas practice facility, and ESPN’s Shams Charania now has the details on exactly how it unfolded.
Shams Charania Details Physical Fight Between Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro
Charania laid out the sequence of events on SportsCenter, making clear this was not a small incident between the two players.
“Sources tell me Adebayo actually struck Tyler Herro in the face area after Adebayo approached Herro about comments that the guard made in recent weeks after his trade to Milwaukee. When Bam Adebayo approached Tyler Herro, they did have a back and forth. That culminated in a physical altercation with Bam Adebayo striking Tyler Herro in the face,” Charania said.
Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro were having a back and forth before Bam punched Tyler in the face, per @ShamsCharania
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Herro declined to elaborate on the altercation afterward, telling reporters, “My only comment is no comment,” while the Heat issued a brief statement saying they were “aware and not commenting.”
The beef stems from Herro’s exit from Miami. The trade sent Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakučionis, Kel’el Ware, and multiple first-round picks to the Bucks for Antetokounmpo.
Screenshots surfaced of an Instagram direct message conversation in which comments attributed to Herro questioned whether Adebayo’s defensive effort justified his three-year, $166 million extension.
Herro also allegedly shared a graphic ranking Adebayo among the league’s worst midrange shooters. Those comments did not sit well with Adebayo, and Friday brought the fallout into the open.
Both players now carry the incident into a new chapter with their respective organizations. Adebayo, a three-time All-Star and one of the league’s premier defenders, remains the centerpiece of Miami’s frontcourt around Antetokounmpo.
Herro, a former Sixth Man of the Year who averaged 20.5 points a game last season, is set to lead a Bucks backcourt looking for a fresh identity in Milwaukee. Neither side has offered further public comment, but with training camps still months away, this is unlikely to be the last word on a friendship that has now become a feud, seven years in the making.
