When it comes to the Miami Heat’s All-Star duo in Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, it is starting to become a tale of two halves to the season. It seems like it has been a rare occasion to see both players lead the way cohesively in the same game.
Herro earned his first career All-Star nod just two weeks back after some stellar first half of play. However, ever since snagging a reserve spot on the roster, there have been some rapid shooting struggles.
The career-high efficiency he once sported has taken a dip as of late, especially with his 3-point attempts. In the five games Herro has appeared in after being selected to be an All-Star, he has played well in just one of them.
Most notably being considered as Miami’s best player all season long, Herro has run into his first real slump during this 2024-25 campaign. And time is ticking to get things back on track.
The Heat are in the midst of a three-game losing streak and losers of four out of their five. They slid back into the Eastern Conference’s play-in tournament as the seventh seed. And Wednesday night’s 115-101 loss to the OKC Thunder submitted yet another disappointing blown lead.
Miami was once up by 16 points in the second half, just to get throttled again in the final period. OKC had a 32-8 fourth quarter advantage.
However, there is one player who has continued to turn his own individual season around of late.
Bam Adebayo is averaging 21.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.2 stocks on 52% shooting over the last 10 games.
Unlike Herro’s emergence to begin the season, Adebayo has dealt with inconsistency of his own on offense for the entire first half of this campaign. The former 3X All-Star was poised for a breakout year heading into training camp, but instead saw that type of production come from Herro.
But the efficiency problems have seemed to be put behind Adebayo. The big man has led the way for the Heat off the court with his leadership as a second-year captain, and now he has led the way on the court with his efforts of late.
Despite the loss to the Thunder, Adebayo secured his 29th double-double of the season on a team-high 27 points and efficient shooting.
He is now just one game behind Rony Seikaly to tie the franchise’s all-time double-double’s record.
Even with another Adebayo masterclass, the rest of his teammates failed to provide enough of a boost to supplement his outing. This most notably includes Herro, along with the likes of two other important Heat starters in Andrew Wiggins and Kel’el Ware.
It is likely still too early to come to any judgement on the newly acquired Wiggins, but he has limped to just 7 of 24 shooting across his first two games for Miami.
It has also seemed like Ware hasn’t wasted any time running into that rookie wall. The once rising 7-foot rookie has averaged 8.7 points over his last nine games.
Ultimately, Adebayo’s dominance of late will continue to be overshadowed as the losses keep piling up. The rest of this rotation needs to hold their own weight.
