With the trade deadline approaching, Jon Horst should be pumping some iron and getting ready to do some heavy lifting. I've been stretching the trade muscle too. Here are three bold trades the Bucks should consider to pump some blood flowing back into this team’s atrophying title aspirations.

A couple of Eastern Conference rivals meet up on Thursday, Jan. 23 when the Milwaukee Bucks host the Miami Heat at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

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The Miami Heat faced the Milwaukee Bucks again on Thursday. Miami, which lost 106-103 to Milwaukee in late November, looked for revenge without suspended star Jimmy Butler.

While the Milwaukee Bucks would love to upgrade their roster via a trade heading into deadline season, there's a major problem with any deal coming to fruition.

The Heat suspended Jimmy Butler for the third time this month after the star left Miami's morning shootaround when he was informed he would not start.

Amid the ongoing Jimmy Butler trade saga, the Miami Heat continue to sit with a record hovering around .500. This week, the Heat are at the No. 16 spot in the latest edition of the NBA power rankings.

Just when you thought Jimmy Butler v. Miami Heat had traversed every pathway of the absurd came a perspective issued Thursday, a day after the Heat suspended Butler for two games for missing a

The Miami Heat have suspended star forward Jimmy Butler indefinitely and the team continues to look for ways to trade him prior to the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline.

Percentages: FG .469, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 18-40, .450 (Trent Jr. 7-10, Lillard 5-14, T.Smith 2-2, Jackson Jr. 1-2, Prince 1-3, Rollins 1-3, Lopez 1-4, Beauchamp 0 ...

For the second time in his career Damian Lillard comes to Portland as a member of the road team on Tuesday, Jan. 28 when the Milwaukee Bucks take on the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore.