Miami Heat: Trading Tyler Herro doesn’t make sense right now

There is a perception around the league that the Miami Heat will have to give up guard Tyler Herro to acquire an impact player this offseason. It’s conceivable that the Heat would have to give up Herro if they wanted to acquire CJ McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers or a player of similar impact.

Bleacher Report wasn’t the only outlet that suggested that the Heat would have to include Herro in the trade to acquire an impact player. Five Reasons Sports Network implied on June 17th that Herro would have to be included in the deal to receive Brandon Ingram from the New Orleans Pelicans as New Orleans was looking to surround Zion Williamson with shooters.

Let’s take a look at why it doesn’t make sense for the Miami Heat to trade Tyler Herro right now because of their offense.

But does it make sense for the Heat to give up Herro this off-season? No. The Heat run an offensive system revolving around dribble handoffs and pick and rolls. They were second in the league in dribble handoffs, averaging 8.3 per game. Duncan Robinson and Jimmy Butler were responsible for 42.2 percent of those possessions as they combined to average 3.5 per game.

On the other hand, the team was 22nd in the league in pick and rolls, averaging 17.9 per game. Butler accounted for 36.9 percent of the possessions, averaging 6.6 per game. The structure of Miami’s offense has forced most of the other players on the roster to spend a substantial portion of the minutes as floor spacers.