Tyler Herro of the Miami Heat, a Whitnall alumnus, has been named to his first NBA all-star game. He joins this list of Wisconsinites selected.

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Wednesday night game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Zachary Weinberger is a credentialed Miami Heat reporter and an Associate Editor covering the NBA at-large, NCAA Football, and NCAA Basketball for ClutchPoints. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022, covering sports at the FAU University Press and later at The Palm Beach Post.

Now that he knows he'll be in San Francisco, the sixth-year guard has another plan in mind: the All-Star Weekend 3-point contest.

Damian Lillard will once again represent the Bucks in the all-star game, and Whitnall High School grad Tyler Herro earned his first all-star nod for the Miami Heat.

Tyler Herro spent All-Star weekend last year vacationing ... Credit: AP/Rob Gray The Cavs are 36-7, lead the Eastern Conference by a big margin and will likely have Kenny Atkinson and the rest of their coaching staff at All-Star weekend.

MIAMI – One day before Miami Heat star Tyler Herro finds out if he is an All-Star or not, the team loses to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, 126-106. As the standoff between the Heat and Jimmy Butler continues, the team is still finding a way to find some semblance and consistency.

This is an extremely well-deserved nod for the 25 year-old, former Kentucky Wildcats star. In his sixth season, Herro has exploded as an offensive juggernaut for Miami, averaging 24.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists. Now he heads out West for the NBA's All-Star Game.

San Antonio ranks fourth in the NBA with 34.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Victor Wembanyama averaging 9.2. The Heat are 11-13 in road games. Miami ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference with 26.

Herro learned Thursday night that he will represent the Heat as an Eastern Conference reserve in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, which will take place on Feb. 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco. It marks the first time that Herro has been selected for the All-Star Game in his six NBA seasons.

Herro was tuned in to TNT's Inside The NBA as the All-Star Game reserves were announced, clearly nervous to hear the results. The second that Ernie Johnson said that the final Eastern Conference selection would come from the Miami Heat, however, Herro immediately burst into celebration.