Article: The 2024 NBA Offseason Entrance Survey
Q: Who will be the biggest star to change teams this summer?
A (Beck):
Jimmy Butler will be traded. Rival executives have been buzzing about it for months, for all the obvious reasons.
Butler is about to turn 35 (with a lot of hard miles and a lot of injuries), with one year left on his Heat contract, and is reportedly seeking a two-year, $113 million extension. If the Heat grant it, they’ll have little to no flexibility to add another star. And they absolutely need one.
Credit Butler for powering Miami to two Finals in five seasons. But a team built around Butler and Bam Adebayo isn’t enough to challenge the Celtics, Bucks, or Sixers in the East.
Pat Riley is known for moving off his high-priced players before they fall off a cliff. And Butler at this stage would be much more valuable as a second or third option on a contender than as the top dog in Miami. This feels like the right time for a pivot.
by lopea182
26 Comments
Butler for Julius Randle who says no?
Miami is also known for giving big contracts out
Send him out West lol
Back to Philly. You know Embiid is campaigning for it
>Pat Riley is known for moving off his high-priced players before they fall off a cliff.
Honest question, who? Wade left as a free agent (smart decision not to re-sign I guess) and can’t think of good examples of him trading a player right before falling off. Hassan Whiteside maybe?
This must be why the Sixers don’t want PG anymore
i propose one Zach LaVine
Philly makes the most sense as they have the cap space and it keeps Embiid happy. Load manage Butler throughout the year. If Maxey, Butler, and Embiid are healthy come playoffs they could be dangerous.
People will clown philly if they make this trade and I get that we’re kind of a meme franchise at this point but it would actually make a lot of sense for the sixers. We need an elite playoff performer and the fit with maxey and embiid would be awesome.
Ending that Miami Jimmy Butler era, god bless America
So thats why philly backed off PG lol
Butler to OKC, presti is inevitable
My question is what is miami getting back? Like are the heat still trying to compete or retool IDK
If he gives them a team he wants they better trade him to it because we all know miamis all about loyalty
If I speak i’m in trouble
Very misleading. He’s not reporting this, he’s making a prediction after being asked a question.
Come home 🥹
Dude is a thief. Will not play in the regular season
Yall think the Heat are finally done with Jimmy? Thats pretty nuts if it’s true
Mavs pls god
I agree, it’s time for Butler’s Next Chapter.
I‘m torn between whether I should just avoid medias until it happens, or just start crying…
Jimmy Butler YOU are an LA Laker somehow
this increases the chance of us facing the butler-less heat yet again
This seems like a presumption more than actual information.
Camon people, I need two more trades today.
Thought he was about to go up 2-1 tho?