MIAMI, FL — Giannis Antetokounmpo wants more championships. So do the Miami Heat.
Their interests are officially aligned—and the Heat finally have another superstar.
Ending a marathon watch for the next great Miami get, the Heat landed Antetokounmpo—a two-time NBA MVP and 10-time All-Star—from the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in exchange for a massive haul of players and draft picks.
Per multiple reports, Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis are heading to Miami for Wisconsin native Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis. In the deal, Milwaukee also gets the No. 13 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, a first-round swap in 2030, first-round picks in 2031 and ’33 and a second-round pick in 2033.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Bobby Portis
- Tyler Herro
- Kel’el Ware
- Jaime Jaquez Jr.
- Kasparas Jakučionis
- No. 13 pick in 2026 NBA Draft
- First-round picks in 2031 and 2033
- Pick swap in 2030
- Second-round pick in 2033
The reported trade ends a wild back-and-forth in the final days of the saga, with the Bucks considering offers from both Miami and Boston for Antetokounmpo—who led Milwaukee to the 2021 NBA title and was on the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team, is a nine-time All-NBA selection and is coming off an injury-shortened season in which he averaged 27.6 points per game.
Heat find a new star
There has been no secret that this is what Miami has sought, because this is what Miami usually seeks. The Heat pulled off similar moves by landing Shaquille O’Neal in 2004 (helping lead to the 2006 NBA title) and by getting LeBron James and Chris Bosh to play alongside Dwyane Wade in 2010 (leading to four NBA Finals runs in four seasons together, along with the 2012 and 2013 NBA titles).
Now, it’s Antetokounmpo’s turn. At 31, the Heat clearly believe he still has many good years left—and it’s generally presumed that by making this deal they’ll give the Greek superstar a massive extension later this year.
He was a perennial MVP candidate in Milwaukee, getting votes for that award in nine consecutive seasons before 2025-26 when too many missed games left him ineligible.
He has averaged 24.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game in his career, with 10 consecutive seasons of averaging at least 22.9 points—with three years in there of averaging more than 30 points per game.
Only seven active players have more points in their careers than Antetokounmpo, who has totaled 21,531 to this point.
Information Courtesy of the National Basketball Association
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