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NBA all-star says he ‘doesn’t believe in history’ before 1950 or the moon landing

Miami Heat's Tyler Herro tries to get past Milwaukee Bucks' Damian Lillard during a game earlier this year.

Miami Heat's Tyler Herro tries to get past Milwaukee Bucks' Damian Lillard during a game earlier this year.

Heat star Tyler Herro may be a sharpshooter on the basketball court, but he was way off the mark with his latest take.

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The Miami swingman said on a recent livestream that he “doesn’t believe in history” before the year 1950 and also several events after.

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Herro was appearing on a Twitch stream with Adin Ross and N3on last week when the all-star was asked if hoops legend Wilt Chamberlain would be a top player in the NBA today.

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“I don’t even know what Wilt looked like, played like,” Herro admitted.

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Ross then asked Herro if he believed that Chamberlain “dropped 100” during a game in March 1962 while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors.

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While Herro responded “yeah,” it got something stirring inside him and the former first-round pick then asked the streamer if he believed in history.

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“You think history is a real thing?” Herro asked, to which Ross confidently replied “yeah.”

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“Nah, I don’t believe in history,” Herro said to the surprise of the streamers. “No, I’m deadass.”

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Tyler Herro says he doesn't believe in history before 1950 😕 pic.twitter.com/dA5sD17OF8

— Underdog (@Underdog) June 13, 2025

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The pair, who clearly were taken aback by the revelation, asked Herro if he believed things that happened 200 years ago.

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“Hell no,” he replied.

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“What about the moon landing?” N3on asked.

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“Nah, I don’t believe in that. I don’t believe in anything that happened before 1950,” Herro said, leaving the Ross and N3on speechless as they processed what was said.

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“Have we been f***ing bamboozled?” N3on joked before they tried to dig deeper into Herro’s belief — or lack thereof.

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The hosts then probed Herro, asking him if he believed in the flat Earth theory before getting back to historical events.

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“For real, like, how do we know? When did he come to the land or whatever?” Herro asked. “They said 1492?”

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N3on quipped that there’s “no way of really knowing,” to which Herro shrugged his shoulders in agreement.

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After fans responded in the chat that Herro had “never read a book,” the Heat star responded by essentially confirming the statement.

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“See, y’all believe that s***,” he said of the chat comments. “I don’t believe that s***! I never read that s*** in school.”

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Herro’s statement quickly went viral, with many fans questioning if he truly didn’t believe in historical events, or if he was just joking on the stream.

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