Where will Jimmy Butler end up? 2025 edition

[Phrazbit]

Possibly. However, weird things happen all the time in the NBA and teams do things that scratch your head.

Nobody....and I mean nobody had on their bingo card Utah trading 3 first round picks for our one 1st round pick which opened up the next 6 drafts for the Suns. Everybody was on the "no possible moves left" train. I was listening to Utah radio after that and fans there were in disbelief that Utah would do it.

Well... I would say that no one expected it because it was so lopsided. I am sure a ton of teams were drooling over the thought of getting that pick.

 

[Covert Rain]

Well... I would say that no one expected it because it was so lopsided. I am sure a ton of teams were drooling over the thought of getting that pick.

Yet I don't recall the last time a team traded 1st rounder for 3.

 

[Phrazbit]

Yet I don't recall the last time a team traded 1st rounder for 3.

I don't recall picks ever being leveraged so badly either.

We traded a pick that will likely be in the top 5 for 3 picks that will almost certainly fall in the last 5, one of which (the pick this year) is a virtual lock to be the last pick. The math is very bad for us.

 

[Covert Rain]

I don't recall picks ever being leveraged so badly either.

We traded a pick that will likely be in the top 5 for 3 picks that will almost certainly fall in the last 5, one of which (the pick this year) is a virtual lock to be the last pick. The math is very bad for us.

I would argue leveraging one pick for 3 while opening up the next 6 drafts was genius. However, I get the argument that they would not have had to do so if they hadn't already traded away so many of the previous.

 

[hcsilla]

I don't recall picks ever being leveraged so badly either.

We traded a pick that will likely be in the top 5 for 3 picks that will almost certainly fall in the last 5,

Both projections are way too pessimitic and basically represent the worst-case scenarios.

We just don't know how the Suns will look like in 2031. I understand that the future is not bright but bigger turnarounds did happen even in a shorter period of time.

The same applies for the picks that we acquired. This year's is 1/29-30, no question. But the 2027 one? The Cavs are not the Chicago Bulls from 1993.

one of which (the pick this year) is a virtual lock to be the last pick. The math is very bad for us.

According Kevin Pelton's calculation the 3 picks' combined value is 1/6 in 2031. So if it will be higher, the Jazz won, It it is lower, we won.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I would rather get Cam Johnson back. Full disclosure

 

[Mainstreet]

I would rather get Cam Johnson back. Full disclosure

At least it would make the Suns more likable, even if they had to pay again for Durant.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

At least it would make the Suns more likable, even if they had to pay again for Durant.

Cam Johnson is having a nuts shooting season for those that don't know. He wouldn't need the ball to make a huge impact.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Well... I would say that no one expected it because it was so lopsided. I am sure a ton of teams were drooling over the thought of getting that pick.

No one is drooling over a pick that’s 6 years away.