PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Career Transactions

Selected in the first round (13th overall) of the 2019 NBA Draft by the HEAT…signed by the HEAT on July 10, 2019…signed a multi-year contract extension with the HEAT on Oct. 2, 2022.

Professional Career

Has appeared in 361 NBA regular season games (217 starts) during his six-year career and has averaged 19.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 32.6 minutes while shooting 44.8 percent from the floor, 38.2 percent from three-point range and 87.4 percent from the foul line…has missed 111 games due to injury/illness (including four due to health and safety protocols) and one due to rest…is a one-time NBA All-Star…captured the NBA Sixth Man of the Year once…earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors…is a one-time NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week…has twice been named to the NBA Rising Stars game but did not play either year (missed the game in 2020 due to injury and 2021 because there was no game)…has participated twice in the Three-Point Shootout at All-Star Weekend and won it in 2025…is Miami’s all-time leader in career free throw percentage, owns the HEAT franchise record for free throw percentage for a season (.934 in 2022-23) and three-point field goals in a second half (8 at Detroit on Nov. 12, 2024)…shares the franchise record for three-pointers in a game (10 at Houston on Dec. 15, 2022 and 10 at Detroit on Nov. 12, 2024) and quarter (7 in third quarter vs. L.A. Lakers on Dec. 4, 2024)…led the NBA in free throw percentage one season (2022-23)…owns the HEAT rookie records for consecutive free throws made, free throw percentage and three-point field goals made in a game…has led the HEAT in scoring 121 times, minutes 97 times, assists 87 times, steals 50 times, plus/minus 37 times, rebounds 35 times and blocks 31 times…has scored in double figures 317 times, including 176 games with at least 20 points, 40 games with 30-or-more points and four 40-point performances…his career high for consecutive games scoring in double figures is 93 (Jan. 8, 2024-Mar. 14, 2025)…his career high for consecutive games with at least 20 points is 10 (Mar. 23, 2025-present)…his career high for consecutive 30-point games is three (Jan. 11-15, 2025)…has grabbed double-figure rebounds 17 times and handed out double-figure assists on 10 occasions…has 26 career double-doubles and one triple-double…his career high for consecutive free throws made is 48 (Mar. 8-Oct. 30, 2023), which is the second longest streak in franchise history…his career high for consecutive games with a three-point field goal made is a franchise-record 79 (Dec. 18, 2023-Jan. 29, 2025) which is tied for the 12th longest streak in NBA history…also owns the second-highest single-season mark for three-point field goals in franchise history (251 in 2024-25)…has hit at least one three-pointer in 323 of his 361 games (89.4 percent)…has 262 multi-trey games…has 60 multi-steal and 10 multi-block games…his career high for consecutive games played is 47 (Apr. 5, 2024-Jan. 19, 2025)…his career high for consecutive starts is 103 (Oct. 19, 2022-Feb. 23, 2024)…owns the franchise single-season (1,162 in 2021-22) and career (2,386) records for bench points…has scored 20-or-more points off the bench a franchise-record 52 times…in addition to leading Miami in free throw percentage he also ranks among the HEAT’s all-time leaders in three-point field goals made (2nd) and attempted (2nd), scoring average (5th), field goals attempted (5th), points (6th), double-figure scoring games (8th), field goals made (8th), assists (9th), defensive rebounds (12th), minutes played (13th), free throws made (14th), three-point field goal percentage (15th), total rebounds (15th), free throws attempted (17th), games played (17th), field goal percentage (19th), starts (19th) and double-doubles (tied-20th)…has appeared in 50 NBA playoff games (15 starts) and has averaged 14.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 30.6 minutes while shooting 41.4 percent from the floor, 32.8 percent from three-point range and 88.9 percent from the foul line…has missed 25 postseason games due to injury… has scored in double figures 42 times in postseason play, including nine games with at least 20 points and two 30-point performances…his longest streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures in the postseason is 20 (Aug. 18-Oct. 9, 2020)…has grabbed double-figure rebounds twice, handed out double-figure assists once and recorded three double-doubles in the playoffs…ranks among Miami’s all-time postseason leaders in three-point field goals made (5th) and attempted (4th), assists (7th), double-figure scoring efforts (7th), minutes (9th), field goals made (10th) and attempted (9th), points (10th), 20-point games (10th) and defensive rebounds (10th)…his 48 three-point field goals made in the 2020 NBA Playoffs and 11 treys in the 2020 Finals are both NBA rookie records…made at least one three-point field goal in each of his first 25 postseason games, the third longest consecutive game streak to begin a postseason career in NBA history (behind only Stephen Curry and Tim Hardaway)…became the youngest player (20 years, 9 months and 13 days) ever to start an NBA Finals game on Oct. 2, 2020 vs. the L.A. Lakers.

2024-25 SEASON:

Started all 77 games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged a team-leading 23.9 points (.472 FG%, .878 FT%), 5.5 assists, 5.2 rebounds, 0.90 steals and 35.4 minutes…missed a total of four games due to injury and one game (Apr. 13) due to rest…sat out one game (Jan. 21) with right groin tightness, one game (Feb. 10) with stomach illness, one game (Mar. 5) with a head cold and one game (Apr. 5) with a right thigh contusion…was selected as a reserve for the Eastern Conference at the NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco, earning his first All-Star appearance…won the Three-Point contest at All-Star Weekend, becoming the fifth different member of the HEAT to capture the title…was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the week for the week ending Dec. 8…set single-season career highs in points, scoring average, field goals made and attempted, field goal percentage, three-pointers made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, assists, assists per game, steals, steals per game, games played, starts, minutes played and minutes per game and tied his single-season high in blocks…ranked among the NBA leaders in three-point field goals made (6th), three-point field goals attempted (6th), field goals attempted (7th), points (8th), total minutes (8th), field goals made (tied-8th), minutes per game (15th), scoring average (17th), free throw percentage (18th), assists (19th), free throws made (22nd), assists per game (29th), free throws attempted (30th) and defensive rebounds (36th)…led the HEAT in points, scoring average, double-figure scoring efforts, 20-point games, 30-point games, 40-point games, double-figure scoring quarters, three-point plays (25), four-point plays (6), field goals made and attempted, three-point field goals made and attempted, free throws made, free throw percentage and assists and finished second in plus/minus (+99), games played and starts…topped the HEAT in scoring 40 times, assists 34 times, minutes 28 times, steals 18 times, plus/minus nine times, blocks six times and rebounds on five occasions…scored in double figures in 75 games, including 56 games with at least 20 points, 18 games with 30-or-more-points and three 40-point efforts (all team-leading and career highs)…handed out double-figure assists five times and grabbed double-figure rebounds on four occasions…posted a career-high nine double-doubles…had a team-leading 45 double-figure scoring quarters including a 21-point third quarter (tying his career high for points in a quarter) vs. the Lakers on Dec. 4 in which he tied the HEAT franchise record for three-pointers made in a quarter with seven…set the franchise record for three-point field goals made in a second half with eight in the second half at Detroit on Nov. 12…hit multiple treys in a career-high 66 games…set a career high in minutes played (48:52) on Jan. 6 at Sacramento…handed out a career-high 12 assists on Jan. 27 vs. Orlando…connected on a career-high 15 field goals on Feb. 13 at Dallas…hit a career-high 13 free throws on Feb. 23 at Milwaukee…matched his career high with four steals at Detroit on Nov. 12…scored his 6,000th career point on Jan. 11 at Portland…appeared in his 300th career game on Nov. 27 at Charlotte…knocked down his 2,000th career field goal on Nov. 24 vs. Dallas…connected on his 800th career three-pointer on Nov. 29 vs. Toronto and his 900th on Jan. 25 at Brooklyn…hit a game-winning 19-foot jumper with five-tenths of a second left at Orlando on Dec. 26 to give the HEAT a one-point win…Season Highs: 40 points (three times), 12 rebounds (twice), 12 assists (vs. Orlando, Jan. 27), four steals (at Detroit, Nov. 12), two blocks (three times) and 48:52 minutes (at Sacramento, Jan. 6).

2023-24 SEASON:

Appeared in 42 games (40 starts) for the HEAT and averaged a team-leading 20.8 points (.441 FG%, .856 FT%), 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 33.5 minutes…missed a total of 40 games due to injury/illness…sat out 18 games (Nov. 11-Dec. 16) with a sprained right ankle, one game (Jan. 12) with a right shoulder strain, one game (Feb. 4) with a migraine headache, three games (Feb. 26-29) with a hyperextended left knee and 17 games (Mar. 2-Apr. 4) with right foot medial tendinitis…was second on the team in three-point field goals made and attempted despite missing 40 games…topped the HEAT in scoring 20 times, assists 14 times, minutes 10 times, rebounds and steals four times each and plus/minus on three occasions…was Miami’s top scorer off the bench in his two no-starts and also topped the HEAT reserves in rebounds in both contests…scored in double figures 40 times, including 23 games with 20-or-more points and four 30-point efforts…grabbed double-figure rebounds twice and recorded a pair of double-doubles…hit at least one three-point field goal in 41 of his 42 games, the lone exception was on Nov. 8 at Memphis where he sprained his right ankle after eight minutes and did not attempt a three-point field goal in the game…closed the season by hitting at least one three-pointer in each of the last 34 games…also closed the year out by hitting a season-high 20 consecutive free throws…when he returned to play on Apr. 5, after missing the previous 20 games due to injury, he came off the bench ending his streak of consecutive starts at a career-high 103 games…scored his 5,000th career point and handed out his 1,000th career assist at Philadelphia on Feb. 14…connected on his 700th career three-point field goal on Feb. 2 at Washington…appeared in his 250th NBA game on Nov. 8 at Memphis…Season Highs: 35 points (at Milwaukee, Oct. 30), 11 rebounds (at Brooklyn, Jan. 15), nine assists (vs. Washington, Nov. 3), three steals (four times), one block (three times) and 47:39 minutes (at Atlanta, Apr. 9).

2022-23 SEASON:

Started all 67 games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged 20.1 points (.439 FG%, .934 FT%), 5.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 34.9 minutes…missed a total of 15 games due to injury…sat out eight games (Nov. 7-21) with a sprained left ankle, one game (Jan. 6) with back spasms, three games (Jan. 10-14) with left Achilles soreness, two games (Feb. 13-15) with a left knee contusion and one game (Apr. 7) with a right quadriceps contusion…was selected to participate in the Three-Point Shootout at All-Star Weekend in Utah…became the first HEAT player to lead the NBA in free throw percentage for a season…also ranked among the NBA leaders in three-point field goals made (18th) and attempted (19th), minutes per game (25th) and field goals attempted (39th)…set a career high and franchise single-season record for free throw percentage…ended the season by hitting his final 37 free throws attempts (Mar. 8-Apr. 9)…the 37 consecutive free throws made were the most on the HEAT in 2022-23…was a perfect 42-42 from the foul line in the fourth quarter in 2022-23 becoming the first player since the league tracked quarter-by-quarter play-by-plays to go an entire year without missing a free throw in the fourth quarter with at least 40 attempts, the previous high was Brian Roberts in 2012-13 (31-31)…in addition to free throw percentage he led the HEAT in three-point field goals made, three-point field goal percentage and plus/minus (+165) and ranked second in field goals made and attempted, three-point field goal attempts, defensive rebounds, minutes played and starts…hit 63 three-pointers in the month of December, the most by any player in a single month in franchise history…scored in double figures 60 times, including 35 games with at least 20 points, seven 30-point efforts and the lone 40-point performance by a member of the HEAT in 2022-23…grabbed double-figure rebounds five times and handed out double-figure assists twice…recorded six double-doubles and his first triple-double (11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists on Nov. 27 at Atlanta)…registered career highs in points (41) and three-point field goals made (10) at Houston on Dec. 15…his 10 three-pointers at Houston tied the HEAT single-game record…matched his career high with 15 rebounds on Oct. 24 vs. Toronto…scored his 3,000th career point on Oct. 24 vs. Toronto and his 4,000th career point on Mar. 8 vs. Cleveland…hit his 500th career triple on Jan. 4 at the L.A. Lakers and his 600th career trey on Apr. 6 at Philadelphia…appeared in his 200th career game on Dec. 23 vs . Indiana…registered his 200th career double-figure scoring game on Apr. 1 vs. Dallas…hit a game-winning three-point field goal at the buzzer in Utah on Dec. 31…Season Highs: 41 points (at Houston, Dec. 15), 15 rebounds (vs. Toronto, Oct. 24), 10 assists (twice), three steals (twice), three blocks (vs. Sacramento, Nov. 2) and 46:59 minutes (at Orlando, Feb. 11).

2021-22 SEASON:

Appeared in 66 games (10 starts) with the HEAT and averaged 20.7 points (.447 FG%, .868 FT%), 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 32.6 minutes…missed a total of 13 games due injury and three (Jan. 19-23) while in health and safety protocols…sat out one game (Nov. 18) with a bruised right wrist, two games (Nov. 27-29) with overall body soreness, three games (Dec. 15-19) with a right quadriceps contusion, two games (Feb. 7-10) with right knee soreness, two games (Feb. 15-17) with a right knee contusion, two games (Mar. 23-25) with a sprained left knee and one game (Apr. 10) with left knee soreness…won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award, becoming the first HEAT player to capture the award…ranked among the NBA leaders in free throw percentage (20th), scoring average (21st), three-point field goal percentage (26th), field goals made (32nd) and attempted (30th), points (tied-32nd) and three-point field goals made (32nd) and attempted (40th)…averaged an NBA-best 20.8 points off the bench (4.9 ppg more than the runner-up Jordan Clarkson)…set a single-season career high in three-point field goal percentage…led the HEAT in points, field goals made and attempted, double-figure scoring efforts, 20-point games and minutes, tied for the lead in 30-point games and ranked second in scoring average and free throw percentage…scored in double figures 63 times, including 37 games with at least 20 points and eight 30-point efforts…grabbed double-figure rebounds twice and handed out double-figure assists once…tallied three double-doubles…scored a franchise-record 1,162 points off the bench surpassing Dwyane Wade’s single-season franchise record (1,028 in 2018-19) and became Miami’s all-time leader for bench scoring on Mar. 15 vs. Detroit passing Tyler Johnson (2,152)…scored at least 20 points off the bench a franchise-record 32 times in 2021-22 and surpassed Goran Dragic´ (24) as Miami’s all-time leader for 20-point games off the bench on Nov. 6 vs. Utah…tallied 20 games with at least 25 points off the bench tying the fourth-most ever in a single-season in NBA history and the most over the last 30 years…his eight 30-point games off the bench tied him for the third most in a single-season in NBA history…scored his 2,000th career point on Dec. 4 at Milwaukee and his 2,500th career point on Feb. 25 at New York…connected on his 300th career three-pointer on Dec. 28 vs. Washington…scored a season-high 35 points on Apr. 5 vs. Charlotte, tying the HEAT single-game record for points off the bench…Season Highs: 35 points (vs. Charlotte, Apr. 5), 11 assists (at Atlanta, Jan. 12), 10 rebounds (twice), three steals (four times), one block (eight times) and 44:44 minutes (vs. Toronto, Jan. 29).

2020-21 SEASON:

Appeared in 54 games (15 starts) for the HEAT and averaged 15.1 points (.439 FG%, .803 FT%), 5.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 30.3 minutes…missed a total of 17 games due to injury and one (Feb. 11) due to health and safety protocols…sat out seven games (Jan. 16-27) with neck spasms, three games (Feb. 22-26) with a right hip contusion and seven games (Apr. 19, Apr. 24-May 4) with right foot soreness…was selected to the 2021 NBA Rising Stars Team (U.S. Team)…set a single-season career high in blocks…ranked second on the team in double-figure scoring quarters (24), third in scoring average, three-point field goals made and attempted, three-point plays and double-doubles and fourth in points, double-figure scoring efforts, three-point field goal percentage and assists…topped the HEAT in scoring and minutes nine times each, rebounds, steals and blocks six times each and assists and plus/minus five times each…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench a team-high 26 times and also led the HEAT reserves in minutes a team-high 27 times, assists 23 times and rebounds a team-high 18 times…scored in double figures 43 times, including 13 games with at least 20 points and a pair of 30-point performances…grabbed double-figure rebounds four times and handed out double-figure assists once…recorded five double-doubles…hit at least one trey in each of his first 24 games (Dec. 23-Mar. 2) and in 46 games for the season…had multiple treys in a game 29 times…hit 30 consecutive free throws from Mar. 12-31, the highest total by a HEAT player in 2020-21…grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds on Dec. 30 vs. Milwaukee and again on Feb. 17 at Golden State…had a career-high four steals on Mar. 2 vs. Atlanta…scored his 1,000th career point on Feb. 5 vs. Washington…played in his 100th career game on Apr. 16 at Minnesota…Season Highs: 34 points (at Philadelphia, Jan. 12), 15 rebounds (twice), 11 assists (at Detroit, May 16), four steals (vs. Atlanta, Mar. 2), three blocks (at Golden State, Feb. 17) and 40:42 minutes (at L.A. Clippers, Feb. 15).

2019-20 SEASON:

Appeared in 55 games (eight starts) and averaged 13.5 points (.428 FG%, .870 FT%), 4.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 27.4 minutes…missed a total of 18 games due to injury…sat out Nov. 12 due to a left ankle sprain and missed 17 games (Jan. 15-Mar. 8) with right ankle soreness…was named to the All-Rookie Second Team…ranked among the NBA rookie leaders in free throw percentage (2nd), three-point field goal percentage (4th), scoring average (6th), minutes per game (9th), rebounds per game (9th) and assists per game (9th)…was selected to play in the Rising Stars Challenge at NBA All-Star 2020 but missed the game due to right ankle soreness…set the HEAT rookie record for free throw percentage and also placed second among rookies in franchise history in three-point field goals made, third in three-point field goals attempted and fifth in three-point field goal percentage…hit a HEAT rookie record 28 consecutive free throws from Jan. 24 to the conclusion of the season…topped the HEAT in scoring eight times, steals and blocks five times each, minutes three times and assists and rebounds twice each…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench 18 times and topped the HEAT reserves in minutes 16 times, rebounds 14 times and assists 13 times (all second on the team)…scored in double figures 36 times, including 12 games with at least 20 points and one 30-point performance…handed out double-figure assists once and amassed one double-double…was Miami’s leading scorer in the eight seeding games after the season restart (17.3 ppg)…hit seven three-pointers on Jan. 22 vs. Washington to set a HEAT rookie single-game record…scored a season-high 30 points vs. Oklahoma City on Aug. 12 setting a franchise record for most points off the bench by a rookie…paired with Kendrick Nunn to become just the second set of rookie teammates in NBA history to each eclipse 100 made three-pointers…when he started vs. Memphis on Oct. 23 he became the youngest player (19 years, 276 days) to start on Opening Night in franchise history…tallied 14 points and eight rebounds in his NBA debut vs. Memphis…Season Highs: 30 points (vs. Oklahoma City, Aug. 12), 10 assists (vs. Phoenix, Aug. 8), nine rebounds (vs. Indiana, Dec. 27), three steals (vs. Sacramento, Jan. 20), three blocks (vs. Orlando, Jan. 27) and 40:47 minutes (vs. Chicago, Dec. 8).

PLAYOFFS:

2025: Started all four games in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Cleveland and averaged 17.8 points (.415 FG%, .800 FT%), 3.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 36.0 minutes…led the team in points, scoring average, field goals attempted, free throws made and three-point field goals made and attempted and finished second in minutes and field goals made…topped the HEAT in scoring once…scored in double figures three times, including two games with at least 20 points and one 30-point effort…tallied a game-high 33 points, six rebounds and five assists and matched his postseason career high in field goals made (14) in Game 2 at Cleveland on Apr. 23…2024: Started all five games for Miami in its Opening Round series vs. Boston and averaged 16.8 points (.385 FG%, .900 FT%), 5.4 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 37.0 minutes…led the team in assists and three-point field goals made and attempted and finished second in minutes, points, scoring average, field goals made and attempted and free throws made and attempted…topped the HEAT in assists twice and in scoring, minutes and plus/minus once each…scored in double figures in all five games, including one 20-point effort…handed out double-figure assists once and recorded one double-double…tallied a double-double in Miami’s Game 2 win at Boston on Apr. 24 with a team-high 24 points and postseason career highs in three-point field goals made (game-high 6) and assists (game-high 14)…recorded a postseason career high in minutes (43:43) in Game 4 on Apr. 29…2023: Started the lone game he appeared in the 2023 NBA Playoffs for the Eastern Conference Champion HEAT and tallied 12 points, two rebounds, two assists and one block in 19:28 minutes…suffered a right hand fracture diving for a loose ball in the final seconds of the first half in Game 1 of the Opening Round series at Milwaukee on Apr. 16 which required surgery and caused him to miss the final 22 games of the postseason…tied for the team lead in blocks in his lone contest…2022: Came off the bench in all 15 games in which he appeared for the HEAT and averaged 12.6 points (.409 FG%, .926 FT%), 3.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 25.4 minutes…missed three games (May 23-27) due to a left groin strain…ranked third on the team in scoring average…topped the HEAT in scoring twice, blocks four times, assists three times and rebounds once…led the HEAT reserves in scoring a team-high eight times and minutes played a team-high 10 times…scored in double figures on 11 occasions, including a pair of 20-point performances…grabbed double-figure rebounds once and recorded one double-double…averaged 12.8 points (.391 FG%, .900 FT%), 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.00 steals and 28.4 minutes in the Opening Round vs. Atlanta…averaged 14.7 points (.446 FG%, .923 FT%), 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 26.9 minutes in the Conference Semifinals vs. Philadelphia…recorded his lone double-double of the 2022 Playoffs with 11 points and a team-high 10 rebounds in Game 4 at Philadelphia on May 8…appeared in four games of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Boston and averaged 9.3 points (.372 FG%, 1.000 FT%), 2.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 19.5 minutes…missed Games 4-6 with a left groin strain and was limited to 6:43 of action in Game 7…2021: Came off the bench in all four games vs. Milwaukee and averaged 9.3 points (.316 FG%, 1.000 FT%), 3.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 23.2 minutes…topped the HEAT in blocks once…scored in double figures twice…2020: Appeared in all 21 games (five starts) for the Eastern Conference Champion HEAT and averaged 16.0 points (.433 FG%, .870 FT%), 5.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 33.6 minutes…led the team in free throw percentage, ranked second in minutes, field goal attempts and three-point field goal percentage and was third in points scored, field goals made, three-point field goals made and attempted, defensive rebounds and assists…topped the HEAT in scoring once, assists three times, steals twice and rebounds, blocks and plus/minus once each…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench a team-high 15 times and also led the HEAT reserves in minutes 16 times, assists 12 times and rebounds 10 times…his 335 points are the fourth most by a rookie in NBA postseason history…his 48 total three-pointers and his 11 in the Finals are both the most by a rookie in NBA postseason history…his 261 points off the bench in the 2020 postseason are the most points in NBA playoff history by a rookie reserve…scored in double figures 20 times (tied for the team high), including four games with at least 20 points and one 30-point performance…scored in double figures in his first 20 career postseason games, the longest streak by a rookie in NBA history…grabbed double-figure rebounds once and posted one double-double…averaged 16.5 points (.458 FG%, .824 FT%), 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 32.4 minutes in the Opening Round sweep vs. Indiana…made his postseason debut vs. Indiana on Aug. 18 and totaled 15 points, four assists, three rebounds and one steal in 33:39 of action…averaged 13.2 points (.375 FG%, .909 FT%), 5.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 32.2 minutes in the five-game Eastern Conference Semifinals series vs. Milwaukee…averaged 19.2 points (.523 FG%, 1.000 FT%), 6.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 34.7 minutes in the six-game Eastern Conference Finals series vs. Boston…recorded his first postseason double-double on Sept. 15 in Game 1 vs. Boston with 12 points and a postseason career-high 11 rebounds and also handed out nine assists missing a triple-double by just one assist…his postseason career-high 37 points vs. Boston in Game 4 on Sept. 23 are the most ever by a rookie in a Conference Finals game and also set a HEAT playoff record for most points by an individual off the bench as well as a HEAT rookie playoff record…he became just the fourth player in NBA history to score at least 30 points in a playoff game at the age of 20 or younger…became the fourth rookie since 1971 to record consecutive 20+ point games off the bench in a postseason with 22 points in Game 3 and 37 in Game 4…started five of the six games in the NBA Finals vs. the L.A. Lakers and averaged 14.7 points (.368 FG%, .813 FT%), 4.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 34.6 minutes…made his first postseason start in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Oct. 2 and totaled 17 points, three rebounds, two assists and one steal in 42:51 of action…became the youngest player to ever start an NBA Finals game.

HONORS:

2024-25: Was selected a reserve for the Eastern Conference at the NBA All-Star game in San Francisco…won the Three-Point contest at All-Star Weekend…was named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 8…2022-23: Led the NBA in free throw percentage…2021-22: Captured the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award…2020-21: Was chosen to the Rising Stars roster for the USA team…was named to the USA Select team to help prepare the United States Senior National Team for the Olympics…2019-20: Was named to the All-Rookie Second Team…was chosen to play in the Rising Stars Challenge at NBA All-Star 2020 in Chicago but missed the game due to injury.

BEFORE NBA

Played one season at the University of Kentucky before declaring for the NBA Draft as an early entry candidate…started all 37 games for the Wildcats and averaged 14.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.08 steals and 32.6 minutes while shooting 46.2 percent from the field, 35.5 percent from three-point range and 93.5 percent from the foul line…set a single-season school record for free throw percentage…named the 2018-19 SEC Newcomer of the Year…selected to the All-SEC Second Team…was an SEC All-Freshman Team selection…earned NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team honors…named SEC Freshman of the Week three times…was the only Wildcat to start all 37 games…led the team in three-point field goals made, free throw percentage, minutes, starts and double-figure scoring efforts and finished second in points, scoring average, assists, steals and field goals made…knocked down the game-winning three-pointer with 25.8 seconds remaining and then hit two free throws nine seconds later to help Kentucky earn a, 62-58, win vs. Houston in the Sweet 16…scored a career-high 29 points vs. Arkansas on Feb. 26.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Tyler Herro…goes by the nickname “Boy Wonder” which was given to him by his college teammates…is the son of Jen and Chris Herro…has two brothers, Austin and Myles…has a daughter (Zya) and a son (Harlem)…studied Communications at Kentucky…his interests outside of basketball include fashion and photography…has his own charitable foundation, The T. Herro Foundation…his foundation strives to support and inspire youth through community events, camps and other programs with the goal to help cultivate the heroes of tomorrow…in partnership with the Salvation Army and Toys 4 Tots served holiday lunch for six families at the Salvation Army in Miami on Dec. 24, 2021 and hosted a meet-and-greet after the lunch and provided toys to the kids in attendance…his foundation combined with the HEAT to take nine HEAT Academy students on a back-to-school shopping spree at Target providing each student with a $500 gift card on Aug. 15, 2022…has hosted a basketball camp in his hometown every year since joining the HEAT and has also hosted basketball camps in South Florida in August of both 2022 and 2023…credits his dad as the person who really made a difference in his life by instilling a work ethic in him and pushing him to play basketball every single day…when his playing career is over he would like to coach…his favorite sport other than basketball is football and he’s a fan of the Baltimore Ravens…threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Minnesota Twins-Miami Marlins game at Marlins Park on July 30, 2019 and before the Pittsburgh Pirates-Milwaukee Brewers game in Milwaukee on Aug. 5, 2023…averaged 32.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.3 steals as a senior at Whitnall High School…had his high school number (14) retired by Whitnall High School on Feb. 3, 2023…played in the 2018 Jordan Brand Classic and Nike Hoop Summit…wears size 13 sneakers.