Tyler Herro's de-commitment from UW and other Wisconsin ties

​  Whitnall High School alumnus Tyler Herro is coming home under wild circumstances, now an NBA all-star who’s been traded from the Miami Heat to his hometown Milwaukee Bucks.From a high-profile decision to not attend the University of Wisconsin to eye-popping numbers to missing out on Mr. Basketball, here’s a look at Herro’s connection to the Milwaukee area and Wisconsin:1 / 48Tyler Herro and Kel’el Ware are two of the four Miami Heat players the Milwaukee Bucks have acquired in exchange for Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis in a blockbuster trade on Monday, June 22, 2026. The others are Jaime Jacquez Jr. and Kasparas Jackucionis, in addition multiple future draft picks.Scroll through this gallery for highlights of all the players.(Mitchell Leff, Getty Images)Whitnall is in Greenfield, but primarily serves Hales Corners. It’s named after former Milwaukee city treasurer Charles Whitnall and is located in the southwestern portion of Milwaukee County. Herro starred for the basketball team from 2014 through 2018.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHe ruled. As a senior, he averaged 32.9 points per game and 7.8 rebounds, plus 3.8 assists. He reached 2,000 career points despite missing half of his junior season with injuries. His jersey was retired by the school in 2023, and numerous Heat teammates – including Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo – joined him at the celebration.Hoo buddy, that’s a story. He didn’t, and neither did fellow NBA standout Tyrese Haliburton of Oshkosh North, who happened to be playing in the same class.Instead, that award went to Jordan McCabe of Kaukauna, who in fairness was sensational, won two state titles and earned a Division I scholarship to West Virginia (which was very good McCabe’s senior year).1 / 413-Point Contest: Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro picks up a ball to shoot.(Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports)That’s yet another story.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHerro did commit to the Badgers in September 2016 and reassured Badgers coaches he was keeping his commitment, but in October 2017, Kentucky came calling. Herro backed out, committed to John Calipari and Badgers fans weren’t happy about it. Herro heard booing at most of his games during his senior year.With scholarship availability limited, the Badgers didn’t heavily recruit Haliburton, believing they had Herro locked in. It’s easy to theorize that the Badgers had a much better chance of landing Haliburton otherwise. Instead, he developed into a lottery pick at Iowa State.For Herro, Kentucky obviously proved to be the correct choice. He spent only one season there and developed into a lottery pick himself, then found pretty immediate success in the pro game.In a relatively civil exchange with ex-Badgers player Zak Showalter in 2020, Herro noted that he’d “still be at Wisconsin” if he had kept his commitment, nodding to what he considered a too-methodical style of play.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNo, he only made one trip to state in 2016 as a s      ​Read More Feedzy