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[The Ringer] How did Erik Spoelstra find out about the Damian Lillard trade? At lunch with Tyler Herro.



[Source](https://www.theringer.com/nba/2023/10/20/23923722/tyler-herro-trade-rumors-heat-damian-lillard)

> It was a little past 2 p.m. on Sept. 27. Herro and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra were having lunch at a ritzy Coconut Grove restaurant on Miami’s waterfront. Spoelstra didn’t know then whether he had coached Herro for the last time.

> When Spoelstra returned from a six-week stint on Team USA’s coaching staff at the FIBA World Cup, he asked Herro to lunch.

> “We were just catching up,” Spoelstra said. “Shootin’ the shit.”

> As the lunch went on, Herro’s phone kept buzzing. Finally, he told Spoelstra he had to pick it up. “Look, Coach,” interrupted Herro, a father of two. “I don’t want to get this but I just got to make sure everything’s good at home.” Herro turned his phone around.

> “That’s when he told me,” Spoelstra said.

>Lillard had been traded, but not to Miami. To Milwaukee. At that moment, Herro knew he was coming back. Spoelstra and Herro couldn’t help but laugh. Then, the conversation shifted from shit-shooting to the upcoming season.

>“It was like,” Herro said, “let’s have a real talk.”

by lopea182

22 Comments

  1. Ace12773

    Ringer covering this shit like a soap opera lol

  2. dank-kush

    Then, the conversation shifted from shit-shooting to the next offseason.

    “It was like,” Herro said, “who am I getting traded for next.”

  3. dafire123

    Yo this feels like it’s from the onion

  4. SensitiveOven137

    Hot take: Herro averages more points than Lillard this year

  5. RVAIsTheGreatest

    Credit Herro and Spo. Honestly Jimmy Buckets too. We all know the saga that went down. Dame got moved elsewhere and they all behaved as professionals (with a little trolling) and moved on and got prepared for this new season together. That’s all you can do. Time waits for nobody in professional sports. You gotta move on and Spo clearly is a guy players enjoy playing for. Herro and the Heat will be fine.

  6. n0th1ng10

    Spo definitely wanted to kill Herro at that moment lmao

  7. Sclewit

    I’d pay to watch drama regarding trade speculation and how it effects players

  8. TheBballs

    This just feels like a normal story/anecdote. Idk what yall are reading thats making yall think this is a Soap Opera

  9. tonypearcern

    “Isn’t that awesome, coach? Isn’t that awesome? Coach? Coach?”

  10. Man, this is the state of sports journalism

  11. TheReal_Slim-Shady

    This reminds me of the comment that a Redditor made when KD signed with the Warriors

    “Somewhere, JR Smith put his shirt back on.”

  12. SandyMandy17

    Well technically the notification said toronto

  13. ObviousAnswerGuy

    These guys really think they are George RR Martin

  14. DuckFreak10

    I just assumed Tyler Herro was the kind of person who checks their phone during lunch

  15. Blvck_sunshine

    can someone write this in a more soap operaish wat, not enough drama for me. need more goddammit. how many kids does herro have again?

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