With Miami Heat star Tyler Herro set to miss the start of the season, the official timetable and what was treated have been revealed by the team. As the Heat prepare for the 2025-26 season, missing Herro will no doubt be a huge blow to the team, especially with the amount of time he will miss.
According to the team itself, Herro “is expected to miss around eight weeks” as he had surgery Friday in an effort “to alleviate posterior impingement syndrome in his left ankle.”
“The Miami Heat announced that Tyler Herro underwent successful surgery today to alleviate posterior impingement syndrome in his left ankle,” the team's statement said in a press release. “The 90-minute procedure was performed by Dr. Thomas San Giovanni and assisted by HEAT team physicians Dr. Harlan Selesnick and Dr. Frantz Lerebours at Doctors Hospital Surgery Center in Miami. Herro is expected to miss around eight weeks.”
Herro is coming off his best season yet in the NBA as he averaged 23.9 points, 5.5 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game while shooting 47.2 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from three-point range. Last season also saw Herro earn his first All-Star nod.
How Heat's Tyler Herro sustained the injury
While there will be rumors around the Heat ahead of the upcoming season, there's no denying that Herro was expected to be the main scoring option for the team. He sustained the injury in a “workout earlier this offseason” where the hope was that surgery wouldn't be needed, but the discomfort never stopped, resulting in the star and team deciding to go through with the procedure, according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.
“Herro, 25, first felt discomfort in his left ankle during a workout earlier this offseason, according to a league source,” Chiang wrote. “Herro received platelet-rich plasma and cortisone injections in recent weeks in hopes of avoiding surgery, but the discomfort never subsided, and surgery was deemed necessary to avoid more issues down the road.”
The 25-year-old would take to social media, specifically Instagram, and sent a message to the basketball world saying after surgery, that “Imma tear the league back down once I get off this weak a** bed.”
At any rate, it remains to be seen when Herro will officially return, as the middle of November seems like the spot with Miami looking to improve after finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference. The Heat open training camp on Sept. 30 with the regular season opener on Oct. 22, against the Orlando Magic.
