{"id":314589,"date":"2026-06-21T03:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T03:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314589\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T03:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T03:32:09","slug":"heres-what-the-bulls-could-gain-by-facilitating-a-giannis-trade-to-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314589\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what the Bulls could gain by facilitating a Giannis trade to Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know if you heard this yet, but Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is a trade candidate.\u00a0 Giannis trade rumors are perhaps the worst-kept secret in the NBA, second only to the Miami Heat being the preferred trade destination for the beginning of Antetokounmpo’s post-Milwaukee NBA career.<\/p>\n

The Greek Freak is due $58.5 million for the 2026-27 NBA season and holds a player option on the final year of his contract for the 2027-28 NBA season.<\/p>\n

Moving Giannis is not a simple trade exercise, and that creates an opportunity for the Chicago Bulls to enter into a Giannis trade as a third-team facilitator, given the Bulls’ ample salary cap space<\/a> that can grease the skids of a Giannis trade between the Bucks and Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

Exploring a hypothetical Bulls-Bucks-Heat trade framework to move Giannis to Miami<\/p>\n

Again, moving Giannis in a trade would require a complex trade structure among three teams if the principal goal is to move him to Miami.\u00a0 A deal framework such as the following would accomplish a few outcomes:<\/p>\n

Bulls Receive:<\/p>\n

Miami unprotected 2030 first-round pick<\/p>\n

Bucks Receive:<\/p>\n

$23.3 million in cap space, per Spotrac<\/p>\n

Heat Receive:<\/p>\n

The Bulls in this scenario would receive a surplus unprotected first-round draft pick<\/a>, bring Bobby Portis back to Chicago for a defensive vet presence, and a flyer opportunity to evaluate center Jericho Sims as a 2027 NBA offseason extension candidate.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Wiggins and Kuzma represent $49.6 million in expiring salary, according to Spotrac, that the Bulls could immediately waive and carry as dead salary against their 2026-27 cap sheet.<\/p>\n

The Bucks would receive a combination of young players and cap flexibility to kickstart a retool or rebuild, which is a reasonable return for a 31-year-old Antetokounmpo who only appeared in 36 games during the 2025-26 NBA season due to recurring calf injuries.<\/p>\n

The Heat, of course get the headline prize of Giannis Antetokounmpo, plus Tre Jones as a value contract guard who exudes the characteristics the Heat value on their roster in terms of defensive effort and downhill scoring ability.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s quite possible the Bulls will be on the outside looking in of a Giannis trade, but the Bulls certainly have the assets to make themselves an interesting facilitator partner to the Bucks and Heat if needed. <\/p>\n

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