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Gilbert Arenas Says Tyler Herro Is The Miami Heat's No. 1 Option Ahead Of Jimmy Butler

Retired NBA player Gilbert Arenas thinks Tyler Herro is in the Miami Heat's leading role as a scorer instead of Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo
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Gilbert Arenas Says Tyler Herro Is The Miami Heat's No. 1 Option Ahead Of Jimmy Butler
Gilbert Arenas Says Tyler Herro Is The Miami Heat's No. 1 Option Ahead Of Jimmy Butler

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At the beginning of the season, Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro looked like he was the No. 1 scoring option. 

After an early-season injury, that changed but at least one former NBA player still thinks Herro is their alpha player. Gilbert Arenas was speaking on his podcast about Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole becoming their top option but shifted the conversation to Herro. 

Arenas said Herro is the Heat's best offensive threat ahead of Jimmy Butler, Terry Rozier and Bam Adebayo. Last year Herro was almost there before an injury ended his season in the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Milwaukee Bucks. 

Herro is coming off a 23-point performance Wednesday against the Philadelphia 76ers. 

"Tyler Herro is technically the No. 1 option," Arenas said. "We didn't look at it like that. We never looked at like Tyler Herro because Tyler Herro got hurt before the playoffs. But if you look, he was damn near leading the league in scoring. This year, he's the No. 1 option." 

Of course, Herro was nowhere near leading the league in scoring. Arenas likely meant he was close to being the Heat's top scorer. It still raises a valid point about who is the No. 1 on the team. 

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Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.

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Shandel Richardson
SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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