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.

After being snowbound in New Orleans, the Bucks got to Milwaukee on Thursday about two hours before game time — and then routed Miami.

TL;DR: Live stream Miami Heat vs. Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV. The Miami Heat head to Fiserv Forum to face the Milwaukee Bucks in an Eastern Conference matchup. The Heat are 21-21, which puts them in eighth place. The Bucks are 24-17, which puts them in fourth place.

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 Bucks had been stuck in New Orleans, where they had arrived Monday to prepare to face the Pelicans on Wednesday. That game got postponed after a historic winter storm Tuesday dumped about a foot of snow there, with many of the city’s roads remaining coated in ice a day later.

Damian Lillard had 29 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame their travel issues to beat the Miami Heat 125-96 on Thursday for their fifth straight victory.

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.

The Milwaukee Bucks, seeded No. 4 in the Eastern Conference, may engage in a three-team trade. This trade involves the Bucks acquiring Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson. The deal will also involve significant player and draft pick movement between the Bucks,

Currently, the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks are seen as front-runners for Butler. However, according to SNY's Ian Begley, the Heat could turn toward the Minnesota Timberwolves as a trade partner, as they are interested in acquiring Julius Randle.

The NBA trade deadline draws closer by the day, and as always, the transaction cycle remains headlined by the same small group of players. On Monday, the Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler indefinitely after he walked out of a shootaround upon receiving the news that he would be benched.

Trayce Jackson-Davis, the second-year center, was named to the Rising Stars team — a collection of rookies, sophomores and G League standouts. Two-way guard Pat Spencer is also on the roster as a G League representative.