The NBA is done with the Bam Adebayo-Tyler Herro scuffle.
After reviewing the July 10 incident in Las Vegas and speaking with the players involved and the NBPA, the league decided there will be no fines or suspensions. A league spokesman told ESPN’s Shams Charania, “everyone would prefer to move on from this unfortunate circumstance, and no further action will be taken by the league.”
The altercation happened at the Resorts World practice gym, with Herro’s AAU team among those in attendance. No video of the scuffle has surfaced.
According to ESPN, Adebayo was said to strike Herro near his chin, but the situation stopped there. Herro was held back from retaliating and did not press charges or try to push the matter further.
That decision mattered. Herro’s choice not to involve authorities helped clear the way for the league to close the book on the incident, and it keeps him from carrying extra baggage into Milwaukee, where he’ll try to reset while playing the final year of a contract that pays him $33 million.
The news landed on the same day the Miami Heat were introducing forwards Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis, who came over in the trade that sent Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis and the rights to No. 13 pick Nate Ament to the Bucks, along with four future draft picks.
Herro and Adebayo had been teammates in Miami from 2019-26 and were viewed as leaders on the team until things turned sour for the shooting guard, who was an All-Star in ‘25. Messages linked to Herro that criticized Adebayo as overpaid surfaced on social media and are said to have sparked the incident, which took place the morning of Day 2 of NBA Summer League action.
What made the whole thing even stranger: the Heat and Bucks played that same day, and Herro was in the building watching the game before the scuffle became public. When asked about Miami beforehand, he didn’t hint at any problem and said, “it’s all love between him and Miami.”
Both teams were aware of what happened, but neither spoke publicly about it. Now, with the league declining to hand down discipline, Miami and Milwaukee can move into training camp without the incident hanging over them. Adebayo has not commented.
The NBA schedule still hasn’t been released, so the first Miami-Milwaukee meeting remains unknown. When it comes, it figures to be one of the most anticipated games on the calendar.
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