Overview

• The Heat said the procedure alleviated posterior impingement in Herro’s left ankle, a 90-minute surgery performed by Dr. Thomas San Giovanni with team physicians assisting at Doctors Hospital Surgery Center in Miami.
• The team’s timetable is roughly eight weeks, keeping him out of training camp, the entire preseason and the opening stretch of the regular season with a mid-November target to return.
• The issue traced to an offseason workout in mid-summer, and platelet-rich plasma and cortisone injections did not resolve the discomfort before surgery was chosen.
• Miami expects to redistribute scoring and playmaking to Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Andrew Wiggins and Davion Mitchell, with opportunities for Pelle Larsson and Jaime Jaquez Jr., as luxury-tax limits constrain outside additions.
• Herro is eligible for an Oct. 1–20 extension reportedly up to roughly $150 million over three years, and the timing of his absence adds uncertainty to those talks.