Will Miami Heat Trade Jimmy Butler for the Right Offer?

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00:00The talk of Pat Riley saying we're not trading Jimmy Butler, I don't believe that either.

00:10I think the Heat would trade Jimmy Butler, but it's going to take a godfather offer.

00:14It's going to take somebody coming in with an offer that they can't say no to.

00:18And the problem becomes, I don't know where that comes from.

00:20The challenge is, I'm not sure where that deal is, partially largely because, look,

00:26the owners really wanted to squash Joe Lacob in Golden State and Steve Ballmer, and so

00:30they put in all these new tax aprons and all these new restrictions, and it's just really

00:35hard to pull off a trade.

00:37Miami can't take $1 back more in a trade, and neither can most of the teams they're

00:40dealing with.

00:41It just becomes hard.

00:42So I'm not sure that trade comes together, but, look, if the right deal lands on Pat

00:47Riley's table the next month, he'll take it.

00:50He'll jump at it.

00:52I don't believe that, frankly, he's worth some gigantic deal anymore.

00:58I just don't think his game is worth some gigantic offer and a bunch of top draft picks

01:07and players.

01:08It's just not feasible.

01:10His game has leveled off.

01:12It's like sometimes he barely plays.

01:16What's he going to do?

01:17He's going to go put the Suns over the top, the Warriors over the top.

01:22I don't believe any of that.

01:23I think he is where he is, and I think they already missed their opportunity to get something

01:28for him.

01:29That, I think, is true.

01:32Look, is he an upgrade over Kuminga in Golden State?

01:35Yes.

01:36Is he an upgrade over Bradley Beal?

01:37Yeah, absolutely.

01:38Except the Heat aren't going to take Bradley Beal's contract back, because he's got like

01:41two years and $100 million left.

01:42So the problem is...

01:43I don't think he's better than Kuminga at his age.

01:46What?

01:47No, you heard me.

01:48At his age.

01:49At his age.

01:50He's playing to win right now.

01:51I understand, but at his age, like last night we were watching this guy throwing down dunks

01:56in people's faces and playing in the block like, I'm going to dunk on you, and the hops

02:04he has, and the youth, and the legs, and I think the energy, and no history of injuries.

02:11This guy Butler, to me, is old news.

02:13He's banged up.

02:14He doesn't go dunk in anyone's face anymore.

02:16Those days are over.

02:17I would take Kuminga over him right now, today.

02:20Thank you very much.

02:22The other problem with Butler, this is...

02:24He's got a player option for next year.

02:26You're going...

02:27Whoever gets him, whether he stays in Miami long-term or more likely gets signed and traded

02:31in the offseason or whatever, you've got to pay him going out, and how much do you want

02:35to pay him?

02:36You...

02:37He did...

02:38Miami did not want to give him what he wanted, which was the max, like $113 million, two

02:41extra years.

02:43They were not going to give him that, because you're right, like, I'll pay LeBron at 40,

02:48and I'll even pay Curry right now, but I am not paying Jimmy Butler.

02:51I don't think he lifts you up the same way, so I get why they're not doing that.

02:56I'm not sure that the market Jimmy Butler thinks is out there for him is out there,

02:59and it's going to be interesting to see what happens.

03:02I think he moves on in the offseason.

03:04I think Miami starts tweaking what they look like, but they're probably going to ride this

03:09season out, because I just don't think they have another good option.

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