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Potential Miami Heat Offseason Targets Trae Young, Damian Lillard Trade Frustrations About Speculation

Trae Young and Damian Lillard will keep the rumor mill churning during free agency period

Shandel Richardson

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Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard and the Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young are already fed up. 

The playoffs haven't even started yet both are hearing their names in trade speculation. Both players are still under contract but that stops nothing. 

The Hawks are reportedly exploring trade options for Young in the offseason while teams are lining up for Lillard. Both took to Twitter Friday express their frustration with the constant rumors. 

Lillard wrote, "Boy y'all sure love moving the goal post." 

Young responded, "Story of my life ... lol." 

The Heat have been linked with both players. Sports gambling websites have listed Miami as the city with the best odds of landing Young. As for Lillard, ESPN's Brian Windhorst recently said the Heat are at the top of the list. 

"The team I'm watching is the Miami Heat," Windhorst said. "The Heat are ready to go to their next star window. This is what they do. The Heat hunts stars. His time would probably match Jimmy Butler in terms of age. They have tradeable things potentially that the Blazers could want. I'm being a little premature but that's kind of what I see happening."

For now, it's just talk. After the season, things could get interesting. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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