Tyler Herro Undergoes Surgery

Your Miami HEAT announced that Tyler Herro underwent successful surgery today to alleviate posterior impingement syndrome in his left ankle. 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, who was named as an NBA All-Star last season, started in all 77 games he appeared in and averaged a team-leading 23.9 points, 5.5 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 35.4 minutes while shooting a career-high 47.2 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from three-point range and 87.8 percent from the foul line. He was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week once and captured the Three-Point Contest title during All-Star Weekend. Additionally, he set single-season career highs in points, rebounds, assists, steals, field goals made, three-point field goals made, free throws made, field goal percentage and tied his high in blocks.

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By ML Staff. Courtesy of NBA.