SPECIAL: The Tyler Herro Whistleblower Speaks! | The Dan Le Batard Show
7/16/20267 min
We found the whistleblower that leaked the messages in which Tyler Herro was talking down on Bam Adebayo that led in part to the recent incident at Summer League in Las Vegas. They tell us how they came to know Tyler Herro, what their relationship was like, if he felt bad when Bam punched him, and why he hated Kyle Lowry less than Herro during their time with the Miami Heat.
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First 90 secondsDan Le Batard· Host0:00
Pulitzer Prize-winning Pablo Torre does his fancy boy journalism, and we do ours. We have now the anonymous, uh, guest, but this is real. Uh, he wants his anonymity protected because of how flammable the internet can be. But we have on with us, and I'm not even gonna say his name, the person who, uh, revealed that Tyler Herro had been instant messaging and direct messaging things that would make Bam Adebayo, and eventually punch him. So, uh, that guest is on with us now, and he's doing a great job. I thought we were gonna have to do, uh, some of this work for him. [laughs] But he brought his own mask, and brings his own anonymity.
Chris Cote· Panelist0:42
[laughs] He looks great.
Dan Le Batard· Host0:42
And we don't even have... Well, he looks, he looks tremendous.
Chris Cote· Panelist0:45
This is not serious.
Dan Le Batard· Host0:46
No, this is serious. This is serious journalism. [laughs] Uh, thank you for being on with us, uh, mystery guest who absolutely got Tyler Herro punched. Uh, take us through the beginning parts of this story. How is it that you and Tyler Herro began interacting, where he felt comfortable enough with you to, uh, share family secrets?
Speaker 3· Guest1:06
So, so basically what happened was I was scrolling on Instagram, and I came up on his burner, and I commented "Retire ho," pretty much. And then he commented back telling me that he's just getting started, this, that, this, and, like, his career's gonna be great. And then he hopped in my DMs, like making fun of me. I- And then we were going back and forth for, like, months. I would bas- Every time he had a bad game or something like that, I'd tell him he's terrible. Miami's gonna be better when he's gone.