Heat’s Herro not sweating All-Star 3-point contest, ‘I know how to do that’

MIAMI A national stage, the opportunity to make an early statement on a weekend he will make his NBA All-Star Game debut .

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so Tyler Herro has been relentlessly practicing for Saturday nights 3-point contest? Not exactly.

I havent.

No practice.

Im ready, the sixth-year Miami Heat guard said when asked if he had been working off ball racks, as is required in the eight-player, two-round competition featuring timed 3-point attempts.

All you have to do is shoot the ball.

I know how to do that.

For Herro, it is all about soaking up the All-Star moments without allowing them to overwhelm.

This will be Herros second time in the competition, having failed to advance out of the opening round in 2023 in Utah.

So a learning experience? I honestly dont even remember last time, he said as he headed off to San Francisco, with the majority of the balance of the Heat roster otherwise headed into a seven-day All-Star break that ends for the Heat next Friday on the road against the Toronto Raptors.

I dont remember any of the details of me shooting.

Im just going in, ready to shoot.

The 3-point contest will be the second of the three skill events during All-Star Saturday, which begins at 8 p.m.

and will be televised on TNT and TruTV.

Related Articles The competition will take place at Oakland Arena, the former home of the Golden State Warriors.

Also in the field are New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland, Warriors guard Buddy Hield, Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Johnson, Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard and Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell.

Im definitely excited to compete among a great group of shooters, said Herro, who is coming off Thursday nights 40-point performance against the Dallas Mavericks, albeit a night when his 3-point shot was off, at just 3 of 14.

Well see what happens.

Herro becomes the fifth Heat player to compete in the event multiple times, joining James Jones (2011, 12), Daequan Cook (2009, 10), Glen Rice (1991, 95) and Jon Sundvold (1989, 90).

In all, it is the 14th time a Heat player has competed, with the Heat producing four champions: Rice, 1995; Jason Kapono, 2007; Cook 2009; and Jones, 2011.

Other Heat players to have appeared in the event have been Duncan Robinson (2020), Wayne Ellington (2018) and Mario Chalmers (2012).

The Skills Challenge will precede the 3-point contest, with the dunk contest to follow.

The Heat do not have a contestant in either of those competitions.

With Andrew Wiggins sidelined Thursday in Dallas with the stomach bug that ravaged the roster, and with Terry Rozier out for a consecutive night with the same illness, it opened the door for newcomer Kyle Anderson to not only play significant minutes against the Mavericks, but also start.

Anderson closed with 15 points, 10 rebounds and three assists in his 27:09.

It was Andersons fourth start of the season, after starting three times for the Warriors, coming over from Golden State in last weeks Jimmy Butler trade.

He has enough savvyness, enough experience.

Hes been a winning player, like I said, for multiple teams and its for a reason, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of the 11th-year veteran.

He just knows how to play, he knows how to fit in.

Spoelstra cited Anderson as one of the few Heat players to thrive Thursday against the Mavericks undersized switching defense.

He was kind of a switch killer, Spoelstra said.

He kind of ran out of gas a little bit in the second half.

With us, we had our best mileage when we were going to the post.

Kyle gave us some really good actions in the post, kind of where he enabled us to settle in.

We just needed a little bit more of that from everyone..

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