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Тайлер Херро Милуоки Бакс руу солигдсоны дараах үйл явдал Лас Вегас дахь казиногийн зааланд болжээ. Бам Адебайо олон нийтийн сүлжээнд гарсан үл ойлголцлын улмаас Тайлер Херрог цохисон бөгөөд уг хэрэг залуучуудын AAU багийн бэлтгэлийн үеэр өрнөсөн байна. Уг үйл явдлын дараа хоёр тоглогч тус тусын замаар явсан байна.
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No, we still don’t have any updates on LeBron James and where he’s signing. So we’re keeping this a LeBron-free zone for today. Check back on Friday, and maybe we’ll have an answer.
Wham, Bam
Did leaked Herro DMs lead to punch?
The NBA simply cannot have a normal day this offseason, it seems. As Friday was rolling along and so many of us were trying to make sense of where LeBron should play next, a story broke that galvanized the NBA world.
Former Miami Heat teammates Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro reportedly got into a physical altercation in Las Vegas. You may remember Herro was recently traded to the Milwaukee Bucks as a big part of the Giannis Antetokounmpo acquisition.
Apparently, Adebayo confronted Herro over some social media comments, walked right up to him and punched him. Here are some of the details:
“The incident took place at a gym inside the Resorts World Casino in front of an AAU team run by Herro. According to multiple sources who witnessed the incident and who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, Adebayo walked onto the courts and Herro said something to him. Adebayo approached Herro and, without hesitation, punched him. Herro’s AAU coach confronted Adebayo, and Herro yelled at his former teammate while being escorted out by security personnel. Both players left the scene on their own.”
Oooooohhhhhhh, boy! There are so many layers to this. 1) It’s rare that you have former teammates doing this kind of thing. Yes, teammates will get into it physically sometimes over something heated that happens on a practice court or in a game. Or sometimes, it’s gambling related to playing cards or something. But former teammates? Damn near unprecedented! 2) It happened in front of Herro’s AAU team? Also, Tyler Herro has an AAU team??
3) This allegedly happened in a casino and in front of teenagers in 2026. Someone has this on video. Either on a phone or a security camera. So I’d expect TMZ to be buying the footage posthaste. An even more intriguing part of this is that, between the incident and the news breaking, Herro spoke to reporters! He didn’t appear to be marked up too much. However, sometimes it takes a little time for bruises or true swelling to show up.
Yes, we’re going to break down screenshots. It’s mid-July, and a fight between former teammates happened. Why wouldn’t we be this gossipy and dramatic?
The first shot is a photo Herro posted on his IG with a Bucks uniform photoshopped onto him. Then there’s a pic of him at the Bucks-Heat summer league game. And then — because graphic design is my passion — I pointed out the obvious. It does kind of look like swelling. Of course, it could also just be from spending time in Vegas and partaking in the scene. Not that I would know … anyway!
Speaking of Herro’s Instagram … What are these alleged DMs by Herro that made Adebayo so upset? OK, this is even weirder to me. Allegedly, following the trade, an Instagram account said to be tied to Herro was responding to a random person’s account in DMs and talking trash about Bam. The thing is … Herro has an official account. But this second account appears to be something people just know/assume is Herro’s or run by people Herro knows?
Regardless, here are the DMs, in a GIF:
There is some pretty healthy shade being thrown Bam’s way. If you got sick of the scrolling GIF version of this, here are the highlights:
- “Herro,” or whoever is typing, called “himself” the best player on the team.
- He questioned if Bam should get paid $60 million as a top defender, “on some nights.”
- He said he could post a picture of “himself” and people would go crazy, which means he’s the star.
- He said Cleveland and Boston both prioritized taking Herro away in their respective playoff matchups.
The funny part about the aforementioned Cleveland series is that the Cavs swept the Heat in the most lopsided playoff series in NBA history. Also, why are you allegedly sending this to some random person online? You have to know that’s getting out in today’s social media age. It’ll be interesting to see if the league takes any action on this. Is it a player conduct problem? Did this guarantee we get Bucks-Heat on Christmas Day, or was that already a lock?
One more important question …
Did Herro get punched while wearing the Doug Funnie shoes? Maybe the DMs had nothing to do with it? And yes, this absolutely led to Udonis Haslem and Draymond Green having some beef. Will it go to Beef Court in the future? Stay subscribed to find out!
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Apron discount
Union unhappy over Wemby’s sacrifice
When does housekeeping become big news? When a massive superstar decides to leave money on the table to help his team navigate the new second-apron landscape.
That’s what happened last weekend with Victor Wembanyama agreeing to a five-year, $252 million extension off his rookie deal. The max, five-year rookie extension was inevitable. But Wemby giving up $50 million in the process was not.
Wembanyama was eligible for five years and $302 million for his next deal. He just had to get MVP, DPOY or All-NBA next season. So basically, all he had to do was play 65 games next season to be eligible for the higher percentage of the cap-max deal (30 percent, as opposed to the 25 percent he’s taking). So why did he forego that opportunity? He wants to help the Spurs keep this roster together.
Jalen Brunson did the same thing by leaving money on the table in his current contract to help the New York Knicks keep all their top players. And it helped them win a championship within two years of extension agreement.
This is something the players’ union hates. Yes, it’s a beautiful sacrifice by Wemby (and Brunson before), and star players taking a discount is nothing new. However, the precedent is not one that benefits the union, overall.
“But to the NBA Players Association, this is another example of the second apron applying pressure on star players to choose between getting paid what they’re worth and keeping their teams together.
“‘Our position would be that the system should not require a player to carry all that burden,’ incoming NBPA executive director David Kelly said. “It should not put a player in a position where he has to carry the burden in order to keep a team together. A system that does that, we have a problem.’”
It’s worth noting that Kelly was not part of the previous Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations, so he comes in seeing big issues with the current system. The second apron acts as an unofficial hard cap, which is what the owners want. The players still receive 50 percent of the Basketball Related Income (BRI), no matter what. But now the money has to be distributed much differently, in a way that keeps teams from stacking great players and promotes parity.
The players agreeing to this system is the frustrating part. Clearly, they never thought about what might come of it, and now the system isn’t going anywhere. The union will not have the negotiating power to repeal the aprons. They’ll have to find a way to negotiate changes to it.
I’ve been a big fan of the idea that players you draft and keep would count against the aprons at a fraction of their dollar amounts. Maybe 50 cents to every dollar spent? Something like that. We’ll see where everybody stands when they have the chance to opt out of the CBA following the 2028-29 season.
No discount
The Bucks gave this guy how much?
Speaking of curious contracts, the Bucks signed Gary Trent Jr. to a new deal over the weekend. And everybody seemed to raise an eyebrow and turn their heads like a dog trying to figure out if you’re taking it to the park.
Milwaukee and GTJ agreed to a four-year, $64 million contract. That’s the full mid-level exception, which in the past would not have been any kind of breaking news regarding Trent. Remember, he once signed a three-year, $54 million deal to remain with the Toronto Raptors in 2021.
Why are heads turning with this deal? Because he just had the worst season of his career (non-rookie year) by far. Trent averaged 8.1 points and shot 38.7 percent from the field and 36.0 percent from 3 in 21.2 minutes per game. All those are the worst numbers of his career since his rookie season. So … why would the Bucks give him the full mid-level exception? Nobody can really figure it out.
Trent is only 27, so it’s not like he should be on the decline. But it’s a curious raise for a player who made $6.3 million total over the previous two seasons with the Bucks. This was some analysis from The Sam Vecenie in a great reaction to the deal by Sam, John Hollinger and Mike Vorkunov:
“The NBA should pretty clearly look into this contract in regard to salary-cap circumvention. I cannot remember a player agreeing to sign for the minimum one year, having his worst season in seven years where he was a below-average player by any standard, and then receiving five times as much money in free agency the following year — let alone four guaranteed years in a marketplace where starting-quality players on good teams, which Trent proved that he was not this past season, had an exceptionally difficult time getting multiple guaranteed years.”
Sam also argued that the best punishment that could be levied against the Bucks would be forcing them to pay Trent the entire contract, which is about as devastating a salvo as can be fired here. Typically, the NBA would only investigate if another team complained, and I can’t see a team complaining … now. But what if they move Trent down the line for some assets to a good team? Then will other teams get salty about the deal? Is there a limit to when that investigation could be initiated?
Maybe the Kawhi Leonard situation can give us some insight into that.
