ClutchPoints proposed a three-team trade between the Bucks, Heat, and Detroit Pistons that would bring Butler to Milwaukee. It would require more than Middleton and Connaughton for completion. The proposed trade is as follows:

The Milwaukee Bucks are mostly deprived of draft capital but aren't completely out of it. They still have one first-round pick to dangle in a trade. If the Bucks plan to use it, they must use it wisely.

According to NBA insiders Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst of ESPN, the Milwaukee Bucks are open to trading Khris Middleton, Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton.