Report: Only one team 'seriously making an offer' for Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard

"And so while people can look at what the Heat's offer might be and scoff at it, if their offer is the only one on the table it, therefore, is the best one on the table," Windhorst noted. 

The Athletic's Shams Charania revealed during a Tuesday appearance on Bally Sports' "The Rally" that the Heat are preparing to offer a trade package to the Blazers centered around three to four first-round draft picks, further draft capital and a young player.  

Shortly after Lillard's official trade request in July, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Lillard's agent, Aaron Goodwin, called potential suitors and warned them against trading for his client, telling clubs outside of Miami that trading for Lillard is "trading for an unhappy player."

The NBA issued a league-wide memo last week threatening penalty to Lillard and his agent if they further suggest the veteran guard won't "perform the services called for under his player contract in the event of a trade."  

Yet, as of now, the memo hasn't opened the door for other suitors to enter the Lillard sweepstakes, leaving Miami in a bidding war with itself.