The Sixth Man of the Year, Herro, gets the Heat's max contract extension

2022-10-03 13:54

The Sixth Man of the Year, Herro, gets the Heat's max contract extension


With just a few days left before the start of the 2022-2023 NBA season, the Miami Heat finally signed 22-year-old guard Tyler Herro, the 22-year-old sixth man of the year, to a four-year rookie extension worth $130 million. contract.


Herro was selected by the Heat with the 13th overall pick in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft. He played 3 seasons with the Heat, showing consistent improvement each season, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2020.


Herro also set his NBA career-highs last season, averaging 20.7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.1 rebounds per 32.6 minutes played in 66 games. cap. He shot nearly 40 percent from the outside and 44.7 percent from the field. At the same time, he also became a core force in the Heat's rotation, earning the honor of the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year.


It is understood that after the Heat signed Herro in the league draft, he signed a four-year contract with an annual salary of about 15.5 million US dollars. However, the maximum salary extension contract signed by Hero and the Heat today will reach an annual salary of $32.5 million once it takes effect, which is much higher than the amount of nearly $17 million in the first contract. Salaries in the new contract have also increased substantially.


However, Herro's second contract was long overdue, because the rookies of the same period as Herro's youth in the team received a maximum salary extension in the early offseason, including the New York Knicks guard R · J. Barrett, the New Orleans Pelicans return from injury Zion Williamson and the Memphis Grizzlies young master Ja Morant.


It is reported that the Heat's highest-paid player is 33-year-old forward Jimmy Butler, whose season salary averages as high as $48.8 million, followed by 25-year-old center Bam Adebayo's $32.6 million. The team's young Herro is ranked third in the salary position.


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