2024-25 NBA Draft Guide: Fantasy Face-off, Tyler Herro vs. Bradley Beal

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  • By SportsEthos Staff

    Our Fantasy Face-Off series will feature two SportsEthos staffers making their arguments in a head-to-head battle of comparable fantasy players. This time we have a pair of score-first guards who are coming off seasons that were annoying, if not letdowns. In one corner is Bradley Beal, the final addition to a prospective Big 3 in Phoenix who failed to help his team deliver on the hype. In the other, Tyler Herro, a player with plenty of skills but who may be miscast as such an important part of a Miami team that was once again unable to make a deep playoff run. Both have obvious appeal and drawbacks, and we’ll have Managing Editor Mike Passador and Fantasy Expert Yoel Abulaf making the cases.

    Last Season

    Tyler Herro
    SG, Miami Heat
    SeasonTeamGPGSMPG FGMFGAFG% FTMFTAFT% 3PTM3PTA3PT% PTSREBAST STLBLKTO
    24-25 MIA 37 37 35.3 8.2 17.5 46.9 3.4 4.0 86.4 3.9 9.6 40.6 23.8 5.6 5.0 0.7 0.1 2.4
    23-24 MIA 42 40 33.1 7.7 17.5 44.1 2.3 2.6 85.6 3.1 7.9 39.6 20.8 5.3 4.5 0.7 0.1 2.2
    Bradley Beal
    SG, Phoenix Suns
    SeasonTeamGPGSMPG FGMFGAFG% FTMFTAFT% 3PTM3PTA3PT% PTSREBAST STLBLKTO
    24-25 PHO 28 23 33.1 7.0 14.3 48.9 1.7 2.2 75.8 2.1 5.4 38.8 17.7 3.6 3.3 1.1 0.8 2.0
    23-24 PHO 53 53 33.3 7.1 13.9 51.3 2.1 2.5 81.3 1.9 4.4 43.0 18.2 4.4 5.0 1.0 0.5 2.5

    Herro’s 2023-24 isn’t dissimilar from what we’ve seen from him over the previous two seasons, in fact it was nearly identical. Managers didn’t get any real improvement but more or less got what they bargained for… when he was active. The problem is that Herro missed significant time with a left knee injury/right foot tendinitis (20 games) and a right ankle sprain (18 games), missing a chance to rack up numbers amid Miami’s other injuries but also looking out of his depth when he was carrying too big a burden because of Miami’s other injuries. He clocked in at No. 79/89 in 8/9-cat leagues.

    Beal, meanwhile battled his own injury troubles, with persistent back issues limiting him during the first half of the season. He was supposed to be Phoenix’s starting point guard but that lack of availability made the Suns default to Devin Booker in the role as the roster just never had an opportunity to come together. While a rough couple of months to start out have shaded the opinions about Beal’s first season in the desert, he put together a nice finish. From the trade deadline onward Beal was a top-40 guy, averaging 18.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.7 blocks and 2.3 3-pointers on .535 shooting. Of course, that happened while Kevin Durant was either banged up or coasting, but it helped Beal finish the year at No. 51/72 in 8/9-cat leagues.

    The Case for Tyler Herro


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    October 20, 2024, 12:13 pm