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The Milwaukee Bucks\u2019 bad fortune could mean a big gain for the Heat<\/div>\n
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It has not been a gangbusters start, at 1-4, for\u00a0Giannis Antetokounmpo\u00a0and the\u00a0Milwaukee Bucks, who bungled their way through a mediocre finish and a playoff run that ended in the first round last year. Including the playoffs,\u00a0the Bucks\u00a0went just 19-23 after coach\u00a0Doc Rivers\u00a0replaced Adrian Griffin three months into the year.<\/p>\n

Now, with the Bucks roster at a crossroads\u2013age has slowed 34-year-old star guard\u00a0Damian Lillard, as well as 36-year-old center Brook Lopez, the Nos. 2 and 3 options on the team\u2013Milwaukee is on the clock to reshape the roster into a contender once again.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because as part of the $186 million extension that Antetokounmpo signed in 2023, he has a player option for 2026-27, which means he is just a year removed from free agency. That\u2019s typically when a team that does not think it can re-sign a star player will look to trade him.<\/p>\n

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n

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So it is that uncertainty about the future of Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee is already bubbling up. And one of the long-rumored potential destinations for Antetokounmpo is making the rounds: the\u00a0Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

A report from CBS Sports on Thursday cited a league front-office type saying that Antetokounmpo could have interest in forcing his way to either the Miami Heat or the\u00a0Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n

Wrote Bill Reiter of CBS: \u201cAn Eastern Conference\u00a0NBA\u00a0executive has already heard the places believed to be Giannis\u2019 would-be preferred destinations: \u2018The teams I\u2019ve heard are Miami and New York \u2014 the Nets, not the\u00a0Knicks.’\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Nets have picks to offer the Bucks, if the potential for an Antetokounmpo trade arose, the Heat have better young players to send back, including the likes of\u00a0Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Nikola Jovic.<\/p>\n

The Heat appear prepared to move on from the\u00a0Jimmy Butler\u00a0era in Miami, and could perhaps interest the Bucks in taking back Butler\u2013a local hero in Milwaukee\u00a0because of his time at Marquette\u2013in a trade.<\/p>\n

Butler can be a free agent next summer, but has a $52 million player option that would be difficult to turn down. It\u2019s likely he will play out 2025-26 on a (very lucrative) expiring contract.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re a week into this season, which means it will be a while yet before the Bucks make a call on what to do with Antetokounmpo. But one executive told Reiter that, \u201cTeams are circling \u2014 and hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s likely we can count the Heat among those hopefuls.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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