150 million in 3 years! Is Taylor Hero, who just entered the All-Star, worth it?

Recently, according to ESPN salary expert Bobby Marks, Herro is expected to sign a three-year, 150 million contract extension with the Heat.

It should be noted that this contract renewal has long been symptomatic. In an interview, Heat President Pat Riley said that he had already talked to Shero about the contract renewal and he was completely worth considering the contract renewal.

3 years of 150 million, with an average of 50 million, which sounds exaggerated, but...

Let's talk about Herro's situation. In the 2022 offseason, Herro signed a four-year, 120 million yuan contract renewal in advance. He is currently in the second year of this contract, with 31 million and 33 million in the remaining two years.

According to the rules, Herro can sign a three-year, 150 million yuan contract with the Heat before October 20 this year, or can sign a four-year, 207 million yuan contract in the offseason next year.

Note that if Hero enters the All-Squad next season, he can even qualify for a super top salary of $380 million in five years.

From this perspective, 150 million in three years seems to be more reasonable?

This season, Herro has played the best year since entering the NBA. He has played in a total of 77 regular season games, averaging 23.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists per game, shooting percentage of 47.2%/37.5%/87.8% in three events, and a real shooting percentage of 60.5%.

As a comparison, Hero in the past few seasons:

—21-22 season, averaged 20.7 points per game, 39.9% three-point shooting percentage, 56.1% real shooting percentage, 56.1% real shooting percentage, 37.8% real shooting percentage, 56.6% real shooting percentage, 23-24 season, averaged 20.8 points per game, 39.6% three-point shooting percentage, 55.8% real shooting percentage, 2}

You can see that Hero not only scores the highest career, but also has the best efficiency in his career. The reason for this situation is absolutely related to Herro's change in playing style, improving breakthroughs and box attacks.

Last season, Hero played 42 games, with only 54 of 101 shots at the basket (53.5%); this season, 77 games, while 271 shots at the basket (62%).

Even, you can see Herro's transformation from free throws alone. In the past two seasons, he has only averaged 2.7 free throws per game, but this season he can average 4.2 free throws, which has improved a lot of aggressiveness.

is also because of his excellent performance on the offensive end. Hiro has also been selected as an All-Star this season, which is also the first time in his career.

and, even without the All-Star this time, it is important to be sure that Herro is indeed a very good scorer. His shooting ability is very good. He has averaged 3+ three-pointers per game in succession of three-pointers, and his shooting percentage exceeds 38%.

However, the problem is also obvious. Apart from the offense, Herro is really not very good in other aspects, and may even become a disadvantage.

He can pass the ball, but he makes many mistakes, averaging 5.5 assists and 2.6 turnovers this season, which is the year with the highest assist and turnover ratio in his career.

He can send the ball into the basket, but he can't stop his opponent from sending it into the basket. He averaged 12 shots per game this season, and his opponent's shooting percentage rose by 3.1%, with three-pointers rising by 1.4%.

This is especially bad in the playoffs. Against the Cavaliers Series, the Heat were swept. As the team's only All-Star of the season, Herro was lit by the Cavaliers players, and averaged 15.5 shots per game, and his opponent's shooting percentage increased by 10.1%. After the

G3 game, Garland even directly mocked Hiro: "(The key to this series is) to name Hiro, and pay attention to control mistakes. Don't force things in a small space, pay attention to attacking the opponent's weak side."

and, in higher-end games, Herro also had problems on the offensive end. In four games, he averaged only 17.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 41.5%, a three-point shooting percentage of 31.0%, and a real shooting percentage of 51.2%.

Among them, G4, after being ridiculed by Garland, thought that Hero, who was holding his breath, could prove himself, but he ended up getting a big shot.

10 shots in the game, 1 of 9 three-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws, and only scored 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. The Heat lost 55 points in this game. Herro's plus-minus value was the lowest in the team -44.

It should be said that this is not the first time that Herro has collapsed in the playoffs. In fact, except for the rookie season, Herro's performance after entering the playoffs every year is not as good as the regular season. In 2023, the Heat even reached the Black Eight without him.

It’s not that he disrespects Hiro, but such a player who only has offense, defense can easily become a black hole and can also attract high-end games. Even if he becomes an All-Star, he may not be used as the cornerstone of the team building, right?

So, I personally think that Herro's maximum salary is definitely not available, but 150 million in three years? In this era of big contracts, it seems that it is not impossible to position the All-Star like Hero, who is the third leader.

Yes, the current market is completely different from the past. The maximum salary in two years may be 70 million. At that time, players of the level of Hero will be no surprise at all.

At this point, it is inevitable that people will think about what the Heat godfather Pat Riley is doing? With his personality, he definitely wouldn't think about building a team with Taylor as the core, right? But the Heat did not have a good bargaining chip to rebuild. Could it be that they will have a big shot this summer?