The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.No, we still don’t have any updates on LeBron James and where he’s signing. So we’re keeping this a LeBron-free zone for today. Check back on Friday, and maybe we’ll have an answer.Wham, BamDid leaked Herro DMs lead to punch?The NBA simply cannot have a normal day this offseason, it seems. As Friday was rolling along and so many of us were trying to make sense of where LeBron should play next, a story broke that galvanized the NBA world.Former Miami Heat teammates Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro reportedly got into a physical altercation in Las Vegas. You may remember Herro was recently traded to the Milwaukee Bucks as a big part of the Giannis Antetokounmpo acquisition.Apparently, Adebayo confronted Herro over some social media comments, walked right up to him and punched him. Here are some of the details:“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.”Oooooohhhhhhh, boy! There are so many layers to this. 1) It’s rare that you have former teammates doing this kind of thing. Yes, teammates will get into it physically sometimes over something heated that happens on a practice court or in a game. Or sometimes, it’s gambling related to playing cards or something. But former teammates? Damn near unprecedented! 2) It happened in front of Herro’s AAU team? Also, Tyler Herro has an AAU team?? 3) This allegedly happened in a casino and in front of teenagers in 2026. Someone has this on video. Either on a phone or a security camera. So I’d expect TMZ to be buying the footage posthaste. An even more intriguing part of this is that, between the incident and the news breaking, Herro spoke to reporters! He didn’t appear to be marked up too much. However, sometimes it takes a little time for bruises or true swelling to show up.Yes, we’re going to break down screenshots. It’s mid-July, and a fight between former teammates happened. Why wouldn’t we be this gossipy and dramatic?The first shot is a photo Herro posted on his IG with a Bucks uniform photoshopped onto him. Then there’s a pic of him at the Bucks-Heat summer league game. And then — because graphic design is my passion — I pointed out the obvious. It does kind of look like swelling. Of course, it could also just be from spending time in Vegas and partaking in the scene. Not that I would know … anyway!Speaking of Herro’s Instagram … What are these alleged DMs by Herro that made Adebayo so upset? OK, this is even weirder to me. Allegedly, following the trade, an Instagram account said to be tied to Herro was responding to a random person’s account in DMs and talking trash about Bam. The thing is … Herro has an official account. But this second account appears to be something people just know/assume is Herro’s or run by people Herro knows?There is some pretty healthy shade being thrown Bam’s way. The highlights: