🚨BREAKING NEWS! THE NEW HEAT`S LINEUP STARTERS! MIAMI HEAT NEWS

🚨BREAKING NEWS! THE NEW HEAT`S LINEUP STARTERS!

Herro, Martin adjusting to life as Heat starters: ‘You need growing pains to figure things out’

If there’s one thing that’s clear from the first 10 games of the season, it’s that this is a different Miami Heat team than the one that made it all the way to the Eastern Conference finals last season.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing because the plan was never to simply replicate last season’s formula. The Heat brought back 13 players from last season’s team, but many of those familiar faces are being used in new roles that come with new responsibilities this season.

That has created an adjustment period that has led to some growing pains early this season, with the Heat falling to the Indiana Pacers 101-99 on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to reach the 10-game mark at an underwhelming 4-6.

“I think that’s what you need early on,” forward Caleb Martin said, with the Heat set to return to practice on Sunday at FTX Arena before opening a four-game homestand on Monday against the Portland Trail Blazers. “I think you need growing pains to figure things out and I’m glad we’re going through those now. It’s good to get that stuff out of the way, so you kind of nip a lot of stuff in the bud.”

Martin is at the center of one of the biggest changes surrounding this season’s Heat mix as part of a new-look starting lineup.

Guard Tyler Herro and Martin are the two newcomers to Miami’s starting lineup that also features Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry. Both Herro and Martin thrived as reserves last season, with Herro winning the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award and Martin turning the two-way deal he was on at the start of last season into the three-year contract worth about $20.4 million that he signed this past summer in free agency.

Herro, 22 is averaging 19.6 points while shooting 46.8 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from three-point range and 90.3 percent from the foul line, to go with 6.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists through the first 10 games.
Those are quality numbers for a quality player who pushed this past offseason to be moved into the Heat’s starting lineup. But even Herro admits there are challenges that come with playing more minutes alongside other high-usage players like Adebayo and Butler as part of the starting lineup. Lowry is also used to playing with the ball in his hands as a veteran point guard.

“Just trying to find the balance of being aggressive and being a playmaker,” Herro said. “Playing off the ball, especially when Jimmy is out there. That’s a different dynamic, for sure. Picking my spots to be aggressive. Trying not to be too aggressive and taking everything, all the usage from Jimmy. And I know Kyle wants the ball and Bam, as well. So just trying to balance everything out.”

Herro’s scoring is down by about one point per game, his shot attempts are down by nearly two per game and his usage rate (an estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while on the court) is down from a team-high 27.8 percent last season to a team-high 25.7 percent this season. Those numbers say that Herro still has the ball in his hands a lot this season, just not as much as last season.

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▶️Credits: Miami Herald
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