Best Trade Packages for Tyler Herro After Giannis Antetokounmpo Trade

Thanks to the Miami Heat landing Giannis Antetokounmpo in a trade that was reported on Monday, Wisconsin native Tyler Herro is headed to the Milwaukee Bucks...

...At least for now.

Milwaukee could keep all of the players it received in the Giannis deal (the package included Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel'el Ware and Kasparas Jakučionis) and be relatively competitive in 2026-27, but it could also try to expand the Antetokounmpo return by trading one or more of the above.

Shortly after the deal went public, The Athletic's Sam Amick and Eric Nehm reported that the Bucks would "listen to offers," specifically for Herro.

So which teams should shoot this shot?

We explore the best possible fits for Herro in 2026-27 below.

4. Orlando Magic

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Bucks Receive: Jalen Suggs

Magic Receive: Tyler Herro and the future second-round pick Milwaukee received from Miami

Even after acquiring Desmond Bane last summer, the Orlando Magic still struggled their way to a below-average offense in 2025-26.

And while that could pretty easily be chalked up to more injuries for core forwards Franz Wagner and Paolo Banchero, it's also fair to have concerns about how those two fit together.

Herro isn't the kind of return worthy of breaking that duo up (unless Milwaukee was the team adding assets), but he could be a nice supplement to it.

Jalen Suggs is a year younger than Herro and a big part of Orlando's defensive identity, but he is a far less reliable (and willing) shooter.

Replacing him with Herro would tax some of the other defenders, but having two high-end floor spacers in Herro and Bane to play with Wagner and Banchero could go a long way toward making that duo look more tenable.

3. Brooklyn Nets

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Bucks Receive: Terance Mann, Ziaire Williams, Nolan Traoré and a future first-round pick swap

Nets Receive: Tyler Herro

The Brooklyn Nets just surrendered a bunch of cap space by absorbing Julius Randle's contract, but that move also signaled a desire to be more competitive in 2026-27. And they still have some good salary-matching fodder on the books in the form of Terance Mann and Ziaire Williams.

They can piece together enough contracts to take on Herro's $33 million and suddenly have one of the more dynamic offensive trios in the league.

Randle's iso-heavy game can turn off some fans and analysts, but there's no doubt his driving can drag defenses to the paint. If it was surrounded by the catch-and-shoot abilities of Herro and Michael Porter Jr., it would be far more dangerous.

Brooklyn would have significant questions to answer on the defensive end, but the attack would have far more potential than it has in recent seasons.

2. Detroit Pistons

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Bucks Receive: Caris LeVert and a 2029 first-round pick

Pistons Receive: Tyler Herro

Cade Cunningham is still riding a two-to-three-year breakout in which he's become one of the best playmakers in the NBA, but the postseason exposed his Detroit Pistons for the lack of support they currently employ for Cunningham.

Jalen Duren was All-NBA in 2025-26, and Ausar Thompson has the potential to get there at some point, but Detroit still needs more passing, ball-handling and shooting in lineups with Cunningham. Herro can check all three of those boxes.

Over the last five years, Herro has put up 21.4 points, 4.5 assists and 3.0 threes, while shooting 38.4 percent from deep.

He would undoubtedly pull defensive attention away from Cunningham, and by extension, Duren (assuming he's re-signed).

Flanking Cunningham-Duren pick-and-rolls with quick-trigger, high-volume shooter like Herro would make it far more difficult to crowd the primary action. And Herro can be the pilot in those pick-and-rolls, too, which would give Cunningham some off-ball opportunities to juice his scoring efficiency a bit.

There are some valid concerns about Herro's defense, but the Pistons have a roster better suited to cover those than most others. And given how young much of the core is, they could probably afford to give up a pick and some short-term salary (including Caris LeVert's expiring contract) to get a deal done.

They can also create some cap space to make Herro's money easier to absorb.

1. Milwaukee Bucks

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It makes plenty of sense for the Bucks to at least gauge the market for their new shooting guard, but unless he generates some eye-popping offers, the best option for both sides is probably playing this out.

Again, Herro is a Wisconsin native. He's reportedly "thrilled" to be headed back there. And though Milwaukee certainly isn't primed to compete for a title any time soon, Herro arrived with enough other talent to make the Bucks competitive.

Jaquez and Ware could both start right now. Those two and Herro should have some chemistry built up between them.

And assuming Milwaukee isn't planning to move either one, surrounding the incoming Heat players with the shooting that AJ Green and Ryan Rollins can provide should give the Bucks an interesting offense.

There's a chance Herro simply isn't a viable option to be the alpha scorer, but Milwaukee doesn't know that for sure. And it doesn't have to be in a hurry to find out.

Again, unless they get an offer they just can't pass up, the Bucks should at least see what this group can do under new head coach Taylor Jenkins during the first couple months of this upcoming campaign.