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Heat Expected To Have Interest In Damian Lillard

Originally posted on Hoops Wire | By Ashish Mathur | Last updated Jul 1, 2025 1:02 PM ET

The Miami Heat are expected to have interest in Damian Lillard.

The Milwaukee Bucks waived and stretched Lillard, making the future Hall of Famer an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career.

The Heat — this is no surprise — are expected to have interest in Damian Lillard, who very surprisingly now holds a lot of cards he didn’t expect to hold.

— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) July 1, 2025

Lillard wanted to get traded to the Heat when he requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers in 2023. However, the Oakland native was traded to the Bucks.

Lillard has played for the Trail Blazers and Bucks. He has career averages of 25.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.7 assists. The talented guard could miss all of next season recovering from his left Achilles tendon tear.

A top 75 player of all time, Lillard has made nine All-Star teams and seven All-NBA teams. He won the 2012-13 Rookie of the Year Award with the Blazers.

Lillard played in 58 games for the Bucks last season. He averaged 24.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 7.1 assists while shooting 44.8% from the field, 37.6% from beyond the arc and 92.1% from the free-throw line.

Lillard is close friends with Heat star Bam Adebayo. Miami was swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the 2025 playoffs.

This article first appeared on Hoops Wire and was syndicated with permission.

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