NBA lets Bam Adebayo avoid discipline over Tyler Herro gym clash
The league told ESPN it will take no further action after a reported Las Vegas altercation involving Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro.
By Deshawn Carter · Sports Writer
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The NBA will not discipline Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo after ESPN reported he was involved in a physical confrontation with Milwaukee Bucks guard Tyler Herro at a Las Vegas gym.
A league spokesperson told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Thursday that the decision followed conversations with the players and the National Basketball Players Association.
“After discussing with the players involved and the NBPA, everyone would prefer to move on from this unfortunate circumstance, and no further action will be taken by the league,” the NBA spokesperson told ESPN.
ESPN reported that the incident happened last Friday at the Resorts World Hotel in Las Vegas. Herro and Adebayo had spent seven seasons together with the Heat before Herro was sent to Milwaukee in the trade that brought Giannis Antetokounmpo to Miami, according to ESPN.
What ESPN reported about the altercation
According to ESPN, sources with knowledge of the encounter said Adebayo confronted Herro over comments the guard had made on social media after their time as teammates ended.
ESPN reported that Herro answered verbally, and Adebayo objected to the response before the situation turned physical. Sources told ESPN that Adebayo hit Herro near the chin, though ESPN also reported that accounts of the exact contact differ.
Herro was not knocked down, sources with knowledge of the interaction told ESPN. Those sources also said others in the gym held Herro back from responding physically.
ESPN reported that Adebayo was upset about comments from a social media account allegedly tied to Herro. According to ESPN, the account questioned whether Adebayo lived up to his $60 million salary and suggested Herro, when healthy, was the Heat player who needed more help from teammates.
ESPN connected that to Adebayo’s comments after Miami was eliminated in the play-in tournament this season, when he suggested the Heat needed a stronger supporting cast to get back into title contention.
Herro says he wants to move on
Herro told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne earlier this week that he did not want the episode to linger.
“Honestly, I’m just trying to move past all of it,” Herro told ESPN. “I’m focused on Milwaukee and building something special. They obviously just traded the greatest player in their history, so we want to come in and help continue what they’ve been doing.”
Heat sources told ESPN that Adebayo and Herro generally had a good relationship during their years together, though they had become more distant over the past year. ESPN reported that Herro appeared in 33 games because of various injuries and had difficulty adjusting to changes in Miami’s offensive system.
Herro, a former Sixth Man of the Year, averaged 20.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 33 games during the 2025-26 season, according to ESPN. He had been an All-Star in 2024-25, when ESPN said he averaged 23.9 points, 5.5 assists and 5.2 rebounds over 77 games.
Adebayo is a three-time All-Star, according to ESPN. He made the All-Defensive first team in 2023-24 and has been selected to the All-Defensive second team five times, including last season, when ESPN listed his averages at 20.1 points, 10 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.2 steals.
ESPN also noted that Adebayo scored a Heat-record 83 points against the Washington Wizards in March, passing Kobe Bryant’s 81 for the second-highest scoring game in NBA history.
This story draws on original reporting from ESPN.com.