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2019 NBA re-draft: A way too early look

HoopsHype re-drafts the 2019 NBA Draft class, which was headlined by the likes of Zion Williamson and Ja Morant and featured Darius Garland.

The 2019 NBA draft was a tale of Zion Williamson and Ja Morant, but little did we know, the class was loaded with hidden gems.

Darius Garland, Tyler Herro, and Jordan Poole have exceeded expectations, proving themselves as steals.  Then you have a few undrafted players like Lu Dort, Max Strus and Caleb Martin who have become consistent contributors.

There haven’t been many major busts in that class, either, outside of No. 6 pick Jarrett Culver.

Below, check out our re-draft for the 2019 NBA draft class.

Rockets fight back with late defensive push as Tyler Herro, Heat hold on

Tyler Herro’s career-high 41 points allowed Miami to hold on and snap Houston’s home winning streak. But by pitching a shutout over the final five minutes, the #Rockets flashed their potential.

Entering Thursday, the young Houston Rockets had won five straight home games at Toyota Center. This week, to kick off a seven-game homestand, the longest of the season, they won largely with defense. They held both Milwaukee and Phoenix to fewer than 100 points. That equaled their total number of such games during this season’s first 25 games.

That didn’t happen in Thursday’s 111-108 loss (box score) to Miami, which ended the home-court winning streak. But while inconsistent, the Rockets showed flashes of that elite defensive form, particularly by shutting down Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and the Heat over the final five minutes and very nearly rallying to a win.

The problems, of course, came in the first 43 minutes, when Herro scored a career-high 41 points on 13-of-20 shooting (65.0%) and an astounding 10-of-15 from 3-point range (66.7%). Jimmy Butler added 20 points (53.8% FG), 10 rebounds and 7 assists for the Heat (15-15). But with a 9-0 run to finish, Houston showed enough to validate some of its recent improvements, especially on defense.

Kevin Porter Jr. had a strong game for the Rockets with 21 points on 10-of-17 shooting (58.8%) to go with 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals, but he missed his last-ditch attempt at a tying 3-pointer.

Backcourt mate Jalen Green scored a team-high 22 points but continued to struggle from 3-point range, making 1-of-6 (16.7%) from deep. Rookie forward Jabari Smith Jr. had another double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, though he joined Green with 3-point struggles, shooting just 1-of-7 (14.3%) from behind the arc.

Scroll on for highlights, analysis and postgame interview reaction following Thursday’s game. Houston (9-19) plays the fourth game of its longest homestand of the season (seven games in total) on Saturday night versus Portland, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. Central.

Tyler Herro almost certainly traveled on this epic game-winning shot against the Kings

This shot shouldn’t have counted but it was cool anyway.

Look, nobody wants to be the person calling for a travel on every single play of NBA action. That’s wack.

The game is beautiful. And what makes it so beautiful is that NBA players are so good at blurring lines on what is allowed and what isn’t. James Harden made an entire Hall of Fame career off of it.

When officials ere too much on the side of caution, it completely disrupts the game. We saw what that looked like with the Warriors and Jordan Poole a few nights ago.

With that being said? What Tyler Herro managed to pull off on a game-winning shot against the Kings was a travel. It absolutely was. I’m sorry! There’s just no way around it.

Just look at this shot, man.

Incredible game. Herro finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds and a game-winning shot. Nobody can take that away from him.

With that said, this should’ve been a travel. Let’s look frame by frame.

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Celtics injury report: Robert Williams III, Marcus Smart gametime decisions in Game 5 vs. Miami Heat

Miami’s Tyler Herro reportedly also wants to play in Game 5, if possible.

The Boston Celtics may not have any clarity on who will be playing for them for certain in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference finals series with the Miami Heat on Wednesday night until just before tipoff, according to Celtics head coach Ime Udoka.

With both veteran point guard Marcus Smart (foot and ankle sprain) and big man Robert Williams III (knee) both listed as questionable for the critical Wednesday night contest, Udoka shared some information on how the duo was doing after shootaround that day. Smart and Williams were “feeling better” but the former still has “some swelling and pain, soreness,” noting that they’ll both be tested pre-game to see how they are feeling.

On the other side of the matchup, no major changes have been reported with the Heat, though injured Miami guard Tyler Herro reportedly hopes to play through a groin injury ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne relates usually requires two to four weeks to rehabilitate, according to the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson.

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Celtics injury update: Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro to sit Game 4 vs. Boston with groin injury

Health (or a lack of it) is leaving its mark on both teams in this series.

The Miami Heat will be squaring off with the Boston Celtics down at least one key player, with the team announcing that it will sit guard Tyler Herro for Game 4 against the Celtics in their Eastern Conference finals series with Boston on Monday.

Herro sustained what is being described as a groin injury in the second half of Game 3 on Saturday, and exited the game early. With five other teammates listed on the injury report as questionable apart from the Heat guard, health for Miami has become a critical element to watch. Jimmy Butler, in particular, also exited Game 3 with knee inflammation but is expected to play in Game 4 per multiple sources.

“This is the time of the year everybody wants to play,” said Heat head coach Eric Spoelstra on Monday of Herro’s absence via USA TODAY’s Jeff Zillgitt.

“But there is also a responsibility to the athlete and their health and we have to be disciplined to that and sometimes these are tough decisions.”

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Payton Pritchard, who is only 6-foot-1, hilariously gestured that the Heat’s Tyler Herro is ‘too small’

No one can say Pritchard lacks confidence, that’s for sure.

By common adult male standards, the Celtics’ Payton Pritchard is actually pretty tall at 6-foot-1. In fact, if he walked amongst a majority of the human population, he’d almost certainly be in the 90th percentile when it comes to height.

But in the NBA — where almost every squad has multiple seven-foot players and forwards with seven-foot wingspans — Pritchard is, to put it nicely: A man among giants. That didn’t stop the Celtics’ (+1) backup guard from touting his height and confidence against the Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

With Boston pulling away late in the first half, Pritchard drove on Tyler Herro before rising to make an easy jumper in the key.

A routine play. It happens.

What doesn’t happen is a 6-foot-1 guard (Pritchard) gesturing that a 6-foot-5 player (Herro) is “too small” to defend him.

Oh my goodness. You really have to have the competitive juices flowing to bust out the “too small” as one of the actual smallest players on the court.

As the Celtics cemented their lead, NBA fans couldn’t help but laugh at Pritchard’s bravado.

Bam Adebayo hilariously made fun of Tyler Herro’s post Game 1 fit by rolling up his sleeves

LOL

Tyler Herro’s postgame fits are fast becoming social media fodder.

But you’ve got to respect what he’s putting on! It’s bold! It’s fun!

After the Miami Heat took down the Boston Celtics 118-107 on Tuesday night, Bam Adebayo stepped up to the podium to chat with reporters. Herro showed up a little bit later — “fashionably late,” in his words — and Adebayo started laughing at what he saw.

Then? Adebayo rolled up his sleeves, imitating Herro’s sleeveless look.

It was a hilarious moment, and it reminded us of another time that Herro got teased for what he was wearing. Let’s break it all down:

Luka Doncic, Devin Booker and the best player props to bet on ahead of Tuesday’s Game 5s

Finding the best player props ahead of Tuesday’s NBA playoff games.

If you would have told me a week ago that Suns-Mavericks and Heat-Sixers were tied at two games apiece, my first response would have been to ask which superstar got injured. Because there was no way I could envision either the Suns or Heat dropping two straight after the performances they put on in the opening games.

But both teams did drop two straight, and now there are a couple of huge Game 5s on Tuesday whose outcomes could paint a better picture of which teams may advance.

Let’s look at which players could have an impact on Tuesday and bet on their player props.

All odds via Tipico Sportsbook.

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Matisse Thybulle, Sixers discuss defensive focus on Heat star Tyler Herro

Matisse Thybulle and the Philadelphia 76ers discuss their defensive focus on Miami Heat star Tyler Herro.

CAMDEN, N.J. — As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare for Game 4 of their second-round series with the Miami Heat, there are still some issues that need to be cleaned up on the defensive end.

When one looks at the box score of Philadelphia’s 99-79 win in Game 3, they will see that Tyler Herro shot just 5-for-15. One would automatically think that the Sixers did an excellent job on him, and in some ways they did, but that isn’t the whole story.

Herro had a lot of wide-open looks in Game 3 that he just missed and coach Doc Rivers mentioned it at practice on Saturday. With the team convening for shootaround on Sunday, Matisse Thybulle understands that they cannot lose Herro again.

“There’s a couple guys on their team where it’s like if you go in and that’s your assignment, you can’t lose them,” said Thybulle. “It’s not an option. So I think guys have been buying into that a little bit more and I think it’s just showing like their inability to get easy baskets now.”

While Thybulle has begun to do a solid job on Herro, it’s not just him the Sixers have to worry about. There’s also Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Max Strus, Kyle Lowry, and others they have to be concerned with.

“Everybody’s got to be locked in because Jimmy is going to cut back cut, Bam is gonna roll, Strus, you can’t lose any of those guys,” Danny Green added. “You gotta always keep your head on a swivel especially guarding Tyler Herro, you just got to be locked in at all times because they have a lot of movement, have a great system, but defensively, we got to do it collectively. We got to talk, we gotta help each other but individually, it starts there first.”

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Everyone is rightfully roasting Kentucky’s awful Sixth Man of the Year graphic for Tyler Herro

Shouts to Tyler Herro but please get this graphic out of here.

One of the coolest things about John Calipari and the folks at Kentucky is they don’t just forget about their players that move on to the NBA.

Cal will show up at all sorts of games for his players on the next level. And whenever the players that leave the school come back, they’re always shown a ton of love.

We’ve seen it with John Wall, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins and so many other players that have gone through Rupp Arena.

The latest Cal alum in the spotlight is Tyler Herro. The Heat guard recently just won Sixth Man of the Year this season and is in the midst of a playoff run with his team.

Of course, Kentucky should show him some love for winning this award. And that’s cool! We absolutely love to see it as fans of the game.

What we don’t love to see, though, are terrible graphics showing that love. Kentucky probably could’ve kept this one in the chamber.

This graphic is just…weird. The tweet is kind of weird, too, honestly. The hashtag #6MOTYLER is just…that’s a bit much. And the flyer itself? It looks like a club flyer of some sort.

Y’all know the flyers I’m talking about. The joints that get stuck to your windshield because the party promoter sneakily stuck it there while you were in the grocery store. Yes. Those flyers.

That’s what this looks like. And that’s pretty hilarious. Twitter had a lot of fun with this one.