Former Miami Heat teammates Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro were involved in a physical altercation in Las Vegas on Friday morning, the Heat confirmed to The Athletic.The incident took place at a gym inside the Resorts World Casino in front of an AAU team run by Herro. According to multiple sources who witnessed the incident and who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, Adebayo walked onto the courts and Herro said something to him. Adebayo approached Herro and, without hesitation, punched him. Herro’s AAU coach confronted Adebayo, and Herro yelled at his former teammate while being escorted out by security personnel. Both players left the scene on their own.A spokesperson for the Las Vegas Police Department said officers were not called to the scene. The Heat told The Athletic that they were aware of the incident and declined to comment. While members of the Bucks’ coaching staff said they were unaware of the incident, a Bucks spokesperson told The Athletic the team was aware. Coaches and team officials declined to comment.
Herro’s agents, Jeff Schwartz and Mike Lindeman, did not return calls seeking comment.Miami and Milwaukee played each other in NBA Summer League action later Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Miami won the game 119-86. Herro attended the game and sat with new teammates Ryan Rollins and Ousmane Dieng as well as two of the other players, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Kel’el Ware, who were also traded from Miami to Milwaukee this week. Bobby Portis, who was moved to Miami in the trade, was also sitting courtside with some of his Heat teammates, but Adebayo did not attend Friday’s game.In an interview during the stream of the game on Prime, Herro said of his former Miami teammates, “It’s all love. It’s all love in Miami. I’ve seen a couple of the guys, and the coaching staff. Chris Quinn, Spo, front office guys. We are all good in Miami and just the opportunity for both sides to reset, get a fresh start and we’re both super happy for this.”The interview took place shortly before news of the altercation with Adebayo emerged. Herro chatted with his new Bucks teammates and general manager Jon Horst at the completion of Friday’s game before leaving the court and walking out of the arena. Herro declined to comment on the altercation.
