The last time a Miami Heat first-round pick was positioned for a sizable extension from the NBA rookie scale, the move came within six weeks of the end of the previous season. It also came less than a month before the start of the next season.
Such was the unusual timing when Bam Adebayo maxed out with a five-year, $163 million extension in November 2020, with the previous season not ending until Oct. 11 due to the pandemic and the next season starting on Dec. 22.
The timing constraints hardly are similar this time around for Tyler Herro, with the NBA back to a more traditional schedule that had the season ending on June 16 and next season not opening until Oct. 19.
