NBA won't punish Bam Adebayo for altercation with Tyler Herro - ESPN

The NBA will not punish the Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo for striking former teammate Tyler Herro at a Las Vegas gym last Friday, a league spokesperson told ESPN's Shams Charania on Thursday.

«After discussing with the players involved and the NBPA, everyone would prefer to move on from this unfortunate circumstance, and no further action will be taken by the league,» the NBA spokesperson said.

Herro had told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne in a story published earlier this week that he wanted to «move on» from the incident.

«Honestly, I'm just trying to move past all of it,» Herro told ESPN. «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.»

Herro's comments came a few days after sources told Charania that the Milwaukee Bucks guard was involved in a physical altercation with Adebayo at the Resorts World Hotel in Las Vegas last Friday.

According to sources with knowledge of the encounter, 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.

Herro responded verbally in a way that Adebayo took exception to and the encounter became physical. 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.

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.

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