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LAS VEGAS — As news broke of an altercation involving Heat starting center Bam Adebayo and former teammate Tyler Herro — a tremor so abrupt that a number of Miami coaches were seen glued to their phones Friday during the Heat’s 119-86 win over the Bucks — retired player James Posey was still processing the information at Cox Pavilion.
According to ESPN, the incident took place on a makeshift practice court in a hotel (Resorts World, per The Athletic). Per multiple reports, Adebayo had taken serious issue with a number of comments made by Herro on social media pertaining to the center’s defensive effort and his max contract. Yahoo Sports learned that both the Heat and Bucks routinely reside at Resorts World during Summer League, and Adebayo shoved Herro in the face before swinging and striking him in the head.
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(Herro, who owns Team Herro, a 17-and-under AAU team, was scheduled to make an appearance at EYBL for an exhibition matchup with Expressions on Friday afternoon, but he was a no-show.)
“As humans, you have feelings,” Posey, who played for Miami from 2005-07, told Yahoo Sports. “You gotta realize that this is a business for the most part. You can’t take it personally. Hopefully you build a strong bond and relationship with your teammates while you’re with them — and that’s what you look to do. But at the end of the day, you shouldn’t be in your feelings about the trade. That’s just the nature of the business and you have to adjust to it.”
The trade in which Posey is referring to is the Heat-Bucks blockbuster completed earlier this month, sending Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to Miami in exchange for Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakučionis, three first-round picks and additional draft compensation.
A number of conversations with individuals familiar with the Heat’s operations — those who have spent time with the organization and those who have played or coached against Herro — paint a clearer picture of an Adebayo/Herro dynamic that turned frosty rather quickly, as well as the incendiary role the latter played that ultimately led to the reported physical…
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Author : Kelly Iko
Publish date : 2026-07-11 04:14:00
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