The Brooklyn Nets finished last in the NBA in scoring, and Tyler Herro has emerged as one of the summer names linked to their search for offense. Brooklyn was listed as a potential suitor for Herro as it looks to climb out of a regular season in which it averaged 105.9 points per game, the lowest mark in the league.
The gap was not small. The next closest team scored 110.6 points per game, and nine of the top 10 scoring teams reached the playoffs this past regular season. For Brooklyn, that is the problem in plain view: it has cap space and a glaring need, and Herro is a proven scorer who could fit both the timeline and the budget.
Herro, 24, was reportedly available in trade talks this summer after playing only 33 games last season because of various injuries. He still averaged 20.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, while shooting 48% from the field, 37.8% from 3-point range and 91.7% from the free-throw line. He is under contract through the 2026-27 campaign and is set to make $33 million next season.
That matters because the Nets are projected to have about $31 million in cap space this offseason, giving them a path to make a move if they decide Herro is the right offensive jolt. Brooklyn has spent the past season on the wrong side of the league’s scoring race, and the market has already pointed toward the kind of player it needs most: someone who can create points without needing the offense to be built from scratch around him.
Miami, meanwhile, knows exactly what Herro can do when healthy. The Heat selected him with the 13th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, and since then they have made the playoffs every season except this one and reached two NBA Finals appearances. The results have been good enough to show Herro’s value, but not good enough to deliver a championship.
That is where the trade talk gets complicated. Herro’s production is clear, but so is the health question, and his salary and contract length mean any deal would be a serious commitment, not a quick fix. Brooklyn needs scoring badly, but if it moves for Herro, it would be betting that his shot-making is worth the risk of building around a player whose best run has still come with injury interruptions.
