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Bobby Portis found out he was headed to Miami while he happened to already be there. The veteran forward, dealt to the Heat alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in the blockbuster trade with the Bucks, revealed the timing was almost too perfect.
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Bobby Portis found out about his trade to Miami in the most fitting way possible.
Portis was vacationing in Miami with his family when the call came through.
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"I was actually in Miami at the time with my family. We were just hanging out. We got on a boat, chilling," Portis told sports reporters . "Got back to the house that night, and we had just got back from dinner. Not even like 9 minutes, and then Jon called me."
The unexpected call immediately raised a red flag for Portis, since it broke from the norm.
"I was like, oh shoot, what's John calling me for? Because Jon never calls me," Portis told of the Bucks general manager Jon Horst. "And then it happened. I was on the phone. It's the news broke. It's been a crazy two weeks, I would say."
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Before learning his future in Miami, Portis reflected on what nine seasons in Milwaukee meant to him. Known affectionately as the "Mayor of Milwaukee," Portis said the city's identity mirrored his own small-town roots in Arkansas.
"It's meant the world to me. Blue collar city that works hard. I look at myself like I'm one of them," Portis said. "Small town kid, Arkansas. My population, where I'm from probably 200,000, 300,000, similar to here, right? Small town kid that works hard for everything he has."
Portis said he was fortunate to land in a spot where he could show he belonged in the league.
"Super fortunate to get in this position, to be above, especially when my career was in super need of showing that I can impact winning," he said. "It was great that I was able to be a part of this great franchise. Obviously, you don't want things to end, but you have to understand the circumstances that's at hand."
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The trade brought Portis and Antetokounmpo in exchange for Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, and a package of daft picks. For Portis, the move ends an era in Milwaukee where he became one of the most beloved fiugres both on and off the court, even as a new chapter begins in South Florida.
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