I never said it was the only trade available.
But I think you and many others are way overvaluing Butlers trade value. The only teams that I think would consider him is a veteran team aiming for the title this year, and you are not going to want to trade for Butler if you aren't on his pre approved list.
No team that has young up and coming players is going to want him.
To be honest he does not really excite me as a player much at all - the only reason I would really be for the deal is to dump beal's contract and get more flexibility for next season.
Miami didn't want Beal 2 years ago. There was no Interest. He revealed that himself on the podcast he did in the off-season. That's been backed up by Gambo and Zack Lowe. It's not conjecture.
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