The secret can be told now: When the NBA was shut down for a few months because of the coronavirus pandemic, when most players in the league didn't have a place to play because team facilities were closed as a precaution, Miami guard Tyler Herro was in a gym all the time.
A couple of hours in the morning. A couple more at night. Almost every day.
“I don't think the Heat even know I did this,” Herro told The Associated Press.
Given the way he's played since the season resumed, the Miami Heat probably could have suspected he used his downtime wisely. No rookie in these playoffs is averaging more points (14.7), 3-pointers (2.3), assists (3.3) and minutes (32.3) per game than Herro, the baby-faced 20-year-old who'll make his Eastern Conference finals debut when Miami opens its series against the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.
