If the Milwaukee Bucks trade for an All-Star in the $50 million range, that player is more likely to be Bradley Beal than Jimmy Butler.

The Milwaukee Bucks are reportedly among the teams that have sniffed around Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler in a possible trade, but with the Phoenix Suns still pursuing him aggressively, there is a way that the Bucks could get in on a possible Butler deal without actually landing the mercurial forward.

Bill Simmons argues the Bradley Beal trade is the root cause of the Suns' struggles, calling it a deal that left them with no flexibility.

They have virtually no assets to send out in trades, and the only player whose salary matches Butler’s is Beal, who has a no-trade clause and $110.7 million still owed to him. Beal, sources