{"id":2364,"date":"2024-09-20T03:54:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T03:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2024-09-20T03:54:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T03:54:20","slug":"nba-insider-believes-heat-will-revisit-damian-lillard-talks-if-bucks-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=2364","title":{"rendered":"NBA insider believes Heat will revisit Damian Lillard talks if Bucks struggle.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"s-feat\">\n<div class=\"featured-lightbox-trigger\" data-source=\"https:\/\/heatnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/USATSI_21776312_168403908_lowres-e1726781045697.jpg\" data-caption=\"Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports\" data-attribution=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-foxiz_crop_o1 size-foxiz_crop_o1 wp-post-image entered error\" src=\"https:\/\/heatnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/USATSI_21776312_168403908_lowres-e1726781045697.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Damian Lillard and Bam Adebayo\" width=\"860\" height=\"573\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/heatnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/USATSI_21776312_168403908_lowres-e1726781045697.jpg.webp\" data-lazy-src-webp=\"https:\/\/heatnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/USATSI_21776312_168403908_lowres-e1726781045697.jpg.webp\" data-ll-status=\"error\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"feat-caption meta-text\"><span class=\"caption-text meta-bold\">Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Last offseason, the\u00a0Miami Heat\u00a0were long linked to veteran guard Damian Lillard after he requested a trade from the\u00a0Portland Trail Blazers.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ultimately, the Heat weren\u2019t able to land the All-Star, as the\u00a0Milwaukee Bucks\u00a0completed a trade for him instead.<\/p>\n<p>But his first season with Milwaukee was mostly forgettable, and now, one NBA insider seems to think that the Heat could revisit their pursuit of Lillard if the Bucks struggle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Heat%20Nation&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1836772153976410322&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fheatnation.com%2Fvideos%2Fnba-insider-believes-heat-will-revisit-damian-lillard-talks-if-bucks-struggle%2F&amp;sessionId=1d64ebfb553f2b7fe15c9a95435403e0004c3538&amp;siteScreenName=heatnationcom&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1836772153976410322\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>By his standards, Lillard wasn\u2019t very efficient in his first season with the Bucks. He did average 24.3 points per game, but he shot just 42.4 percent from the field and 35.4 percent from deep.<\/p>\n<p>When he was available in the playoffs, he found his stroke from 3-point range, averaging 31.3 points per game on 42.0 percent shooting from the field and 41.7 percent shooting from beyond the arc, but it wasn\u2019t enough for the injury-riddled Bucks to survive the\u00a0Indiana Pacers\u00a0in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Lillard and teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo will look to get on the same page this coming season and return the Bucks to championship contention. Lillard is chasing his first NBA title, while\u00a0Antetokounmpo is looking for his second.<\/p>\n<p>When Milwaukee struck its deal for Lillard, many fans liked the team\u2019s chances in the Eastern Conference going into the 2023-24 season, but the Lillard-Antetokounmpo duo didn\u2019t quite live up to the hype.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, it takes a season or two for a pairing to work as planned. The\u00a0Minnesota Timberwolves, for example, had many fans thinking they made a disastrous trade after their frontcourt duo of Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert failed to work in the 2022-23 season, but in the 2023-24 campaign, those two players helped Minnesota reach the Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks will hope for a similar rebound this season. But if that doesn\u2019t happen, perhaps Heat fans should keep Lillard in mind as a possible target \u2014 again. He\u2019s 34 years old and will have to answer some questions this season about whether or not he\u2019s still at the top of his game, but a trade for him would certainly pump some new life into South Florida basketball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Last offseason, the\u00a0Miami Heat\u00a0were long linked to veteran guard Damian Lillard after he requested a trade from the\u00a0Portland Trail Blazers. 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