The Miami Heat are one of the two Eastern Conference teams in Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s short list of preferred landing spots if the Milwaukee Bucks decide to rebuild and trade their franchise star, CBS Sports’ national columnist Bill Reiter.
“The teams I’ve heard are Miami and New York — the Nets, not the Knicks,” an Eastern Conference executive told Reiter.
“Teams are circling — and hopeful,” one Western Conference team executive told Reiter.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened by the trade deadline,” a top executive of a team that could be in the mix told Reiter.
Reiter doubled down on his reporting on CBS Sports HQ.
I talked to several league sources across the NBA and outside of Milwaukee,” Reiter said. “There’s a rising sense of confidence that if things go badly in Milwaukee Giannis could be available for trade, would really force his way out of Milwaukee, in the next year. In fact, one Western Conference executive… thinks he could be available even before the trade deadline. I am told that Giannis has already let some people know that places he’s eyeing are Miami and New York… I’m told the Nets, and not the Knicks [in New York].”
