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Herro Worship: Tyler Herro Shouldn’t Be Ready For This
Tyler Herro was born in the year 2000, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Yes, go ahead and feel old. He was born on January 20th, a birthday he shares with an inordinate amount of famous people. Among them: Buzz Aldrin, Federico Fellini, David Lynch, Bill Maher, Rainn Wilson and Questlove. Athletes born on January 20th: Ozzie Guillen, David Eckstein, Brian Giles, Ron Harper and Jalen Rose. Politicians Nikki Haley (Gov-SC) and Kelly Anne Conway (Fox).
What personality/behavioral traits does this list bring to mind? People who have carved out a niche of their own. Iconoclastic rule breakers who love silencing the doubters, or who simply don’t follow the conventional wisdom. Tyler Herro loves nothing more than silencing the doubters. People who believe in their own voice and see clearly their own vision.
The Miami Heat chose Tyler Herro with the 13th pick in the June 2019 draft. A late lottery pick is not usually a key contributor in the Conference Finals…in his rookie season. As I alluded to in a previous post about age and experience in the NBA, 20 year-olds are not usually great decision-makers. How did he become so indispensable for these Heat?
