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.

 

[Ronin]

Evan Sidery

@esidery
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Jimmy Butler and Heat owner Micky Arison are meeting today in Miami, per source.

Butler won’t back down on his trade demands planning to reiterate he will never be part of the Heat again after this season.

After this meeting, a resolution on Butler’s future should crystallize.

 

[Covert Rain]

Man I am getting bad vibes the Suns are going to go all in after the meeting with Butler and the Heat ownership. I am hoping Ownership calms things down but I have bad vibes. If the Suns compound this decision by trading away Allen and/or Royce to stock up on picks to make this happen? Man....I am going to be pulling my hair out.

The more this team struggles over the next several games might be the deciding factor as well. Hoping for a run.

 

[Phrazbit]

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.

Even without the NTC, it's the worst contract in the league. A profoundly negative asset.

 

[GatorAZ]

Even without the NTC, it's the worst contract in the league. A profoundly negative asset.

Embiid is up there now but I agree it’s top-3 (grrr, bottom-3).

 

[Ronin]

Jimmy Butler not on Heat injury report, suspension ends

Jimmy Butler is expected to play for Miami again Friday when it hosts the Denver Nuggets as his suspension has concluded.

arizonasports.com

 

[Covert Rain]

Jimmy Butler not on Heat injury report, suspension ends

Jimmy Butler is expected to play for Miami again Friday when it hosts the Denver Nuggets as his suspension has concluded.

arizonasports.com

This might be a sign that the owner calmed things down and Butler is going nowhere.

 

[AzStevenCal]

This might be a sign that the owner calmed things down and Butler is going nowhere.

Maybe. Or maybe we'll see the Jimmy Butler who played but absolutely tanked his performance to force his exit in Chicago. But regardless of whichever Butler returns to the court, I hope none of them land in Phoenix.