Bucks’ Tyler Herro opens up about physical altercation with Bam Adebayo originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The NBA Summer League is filled with exciting moments as rookies and newer players in the league take the big stage for the first time and try to prove they’re worth keeping around. But last week, the NBA’s trip to Las Vegas took a heated turn when Milwaukee Bucks guard Tyler Herro got into a fight with his former teammate, Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHerro was traded from the Heat to the Bucks on June 22. He apparently had some unfinished business with Adebayo, but whatever it was, he’s moving past it. That was his message this week.”Honestly, I’m just trying to move past all of it,” Herro told ESPN on Tuesday. “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.”The full details around the confrontation are still a little unclear, as ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reported.”Herro responded verbally in a way that Adebayo took exception to and the encounter became physical,” Shelburne wrote. “Sources with knowledge of the encounter told ESPN that Adebayo struck Herro near his chin, although descriptions of the nature of the physical contact is in some dispute.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”Herro did not get knocked to the ground, according to sources with knowledge of the interaction, who added that he was restrained by others in the gym from responding physically.”Herro said he’s happy with the Bucks because if he could have chosen anywhere else to play other than the Heat, it would have been his hometown franchise.”I’m ready to come home and not prove everyone wrong,” the Milwaukee native said, “but just be able to represent the city and the state because I wanted to do that coming out of school as well.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAs for the Adebayo incident, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Herro and Adebayo were involved in a physical altercation at the Resorts World Hotel in Las Vegas on Friday, July 10. According to the report, “Adebayo confronted Herro about comments the guard had made, critiquing the center on social media after their seven-year run as teammates in Miami ended when Herro was traded to Milwaukee as part of a blockbuster deal for Giannis Antetokounmpo.”Thankfully, it doesn’t appear that either player was hurt during the fight. Now, it’s time to move on, as Herro says, and focus on the future for both players.Pistons’ Cade Cunningham gets future projection that should excite fansLakers, JJ Redick have an underrated talent starting to bloomCaleb Wilson already proving he can be the Bulls’ long-awaited hero
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