Where will Jimmy Butler end up? 2025 edition

[Mainstreet]

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If Beal isn’t as big as a disaster as I’m making him out to be then why can’t we trade him?

Being the 5th highest paid player in the NBA will do that.

 

[Hoop Head]

Being the 5th highest paid player in the NBA will do that.

I'd say the NTC is a bigger detriment than his salary. Throw in the 2nd apron restrictions, not just for us but league wide, and it's easy to see why Beal can't be traded. All 3 things are more of an issue than his play. I'd put health as #4 also.

Reasons Beal hasn't been traded

1 - NTC
2 - Luxury Tax Restrictions in CBA
3 - Top 5 salary
4 - Health issues
5 - Performance


JJ deserves honorary mention at the least. He's got tunnel vision and isn't proactive. I don't think he's tried finding a Beal trade outside of Miami. You need a GM who will work the phones to find a deal to make a deal happen. All reports are Beal hasn't been approached about waiving his NTC so JJ hasn't found a deal and likely hasn't tried.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'd say the NTC is a bigger detriment than his salary. Throw in the 2nd apron restrictions, not just for us but league wide, and it's easy to see why Beal can't be traded. All 3 things are more of an issue than his play. I'd put health as #4 also.

Reasons Beal hasn't been traded

1 - NTC
2 - Luxury Tax Restrictions in CBA
3 - Top 5 salary
4 - Health issues
5 - Performance


JJ deserves honorary mention at the least. He's got tunnel vision and isn't proactive. I don't think he's tried finding a Beal trade outside of Miami. You need a GM who will work the phones to find a deal to make a deal happen. All reports are Beal hasn't been approached about waiving his NTC so JJ hasn't found a deal and likely hasn't tried.

Oh, I think James Jones is active, but he is stealthy.

He may go by other names, such as deju vu and innuendo.

 

[GatorAZ]

I'd say the NTC is a bigger detriment than his salary. Throw in the 2nd apron restrictions, not just for us but league wide, and it's easy to see why Beal can't be traded. All 3 things are more of an issue than his play. I'd put health as #4 also.

Reasons Beal hasn't been traded

1 - NTC
2 - Luxury Tax Restrictions in CBA
3 - Top 5 salary
4 - Health issues
5 - Performance


JJ deserves honorary mention at the least. He's got tunnel vision and isn't proactive. I don't think he's tried finding a Beal trade outside of Miami. You need a GM who will work the phones to find a deal to make a deal happen. All reports are Beal hasn't been approached about waiving his NTC so JJ hasn't found a deal and likely hasn't tried.

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I doubt he’d be moved even without a NTC. He’s a top-75ish player being paid like a perennial MVP candidate.