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By Alex Kirschenbaum
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A critical Miami Heat All-Star has announced a major injury update on himself ahead of the team's rematch against the LA Clippers on Monday.
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Miami shooting guard Tyler Herro returned to the team for a practice on Sunday, per Zachary Weinberger of ClutchPoints. According to Weinberger, Herro is angling to make his 2025-26 season debut within the next two weeks.
Ahead of the 2025-26 season, Herro had surgery to address a posterior impingement syndrome issue in his left ankle, which was also affecting the rest of his foot.
“Feels great just being out there with my teammates, being on the court with them, first time all season,” Herro said. “It felt great to be in the drills, my foot is getting better. I've been rehabbing around the clock every day since my surgery, trying to get back as soon as I can. I'm looking at about a week or two, hopefully, barring no setbacks.”
Three-time Heat All-Star big man Bam Adebayo recently joined Herro on the Miami bench with an ailment of his own. The 6-foot-9 Kentucky product has been dealing with a big toe injury for the past 10 days.
While Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra — now the longest-tenured head coach in the game since Gregg Popovich's retirement earlier this year — indicated that the team doesn't have a set return window for either player, he indicated that both were welcome presences during team practice on Sunday.
"So we'll just keep on building," Spoelstra said. "We don't have a timeline for either of them [Adebayo or Ware], but obviously [Herro practicing is] a terrific step."
Herro, still just 25, enjoyed a breakout season in 2024-25. Across 77 healthy games, Herro became the club's offensive fulcrum, averaging a career-best 23.9 points on .472/.375/.878 shooting splits, plus 5.5 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 0.9 steals per.
BAMiami, which brought in Norm Powell via trade this offseason to address some of the elite scoring it lost when Jimmy Butler demanded and got a trade last season, has looked like a frisky playoff-caliber squad in the Eastern Conference this year. The Heat are currently 7-6 after losing their last two games, but with potential returns for both Herro and Adebayo forthcoming, things are looking up.
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