Insider teases Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant on Heat trade
With The Miami Heat are recovering from their loss to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night, 127-111, the team remains one to watch this season, thanks to its early success, and some are wondering about the potential pursuit of star players via trade. Like the world of basketball is considering a trade for Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpothe latest coverage has teased a struggling team.
For any Miami fan, this won’t be the first time they’ve heard the team has interest in Antetokounmpo, or even vice versa, as The Stein Line’s Jake Fisher wrote about the Bucks’ big man’s interest in 2020. Fisher would note Miami’s failed pursuit of Damian Lillard in 2023, having held onto Kevin and Durant recently. but the insider questions whether the team was waiting to go all-in for a player like Antetokounmpo.
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While it is The Heat aren’t worried about their recent slumpcurrently on a three-game skid, the team could be buyers this season with early success, adopting a new up-tempo offensive philosophy. Interestingly, the style mirrors that of the Memphis Grizzlies, with even Miami having its former coach, Noah LaRoche, on staff, as Fitzgerald notes that there have been “internal discussions” about possibly trying to make a move for Ja Morant.
“Miami was already shaping up to be a surprise buyer in this trade market even before this week’s Giannis headlines,” Fisher wrote. “League sources say the Heat, for example, have had internal discussions about Memphis’ Ja Morant and how he might benefit from Miami’s infrastructure.”
It remains to be seen what happens, but there’s no denying the Heat have a chance here in the wide-open Eastern Conference, and Fisher said they’ll have to part ways with the young center this time around Kel’el Ware in a potential deal.
Which was one of the crux of the failed Durant pursuit, but also, the team is “willing to part ways” with other pieces like Andrew Wigginsand since Herro didn’t get an extension in October, it makes him “mobile.”
Either way, Miami is 14-10, and embarks on a four-game road trip that begins Tuesday against the Orlando Magic in the NBA Cup quarterfinals.
2025-12-08 16:02:00
