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Report: Heat trying to minimize long-term money taken back in a Jimmy Butler trade

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While Jimmy Butler’s trade request on Thursday may have opened up the theoretical market, there still has been difficulty from the Miami Heat to find a realistic suitor with a good asking price over 72 hours later. According to NBA insider Marc Stein, the Heat are doing their best to minimize any long-term salary being […]

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Report: NBA Executives believe Jimmy Butler earns deal ‘around’ $30-35 million per year next offseason

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Barring something unforeseen, conventional wisdom would suggest that Jimmy Butler’s time with the Miami Heat has come to a bitter, grotesque end. He is suspended for the next six games–a West Coast road trip that goes through Jan. 15. Butler’s trade market was never going to look good–especially after ugly exit, which could make it

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Report: Heat ‘don’t like their hand at all’ right now on Jimmy Butler trade market

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Jimmy Butler does not want to be a member of the Miami Heat. His public trade request and then specific demands to be sent anywhere but Miami shortly after has put the entire franchise in a chokehold. Unfortunately for both parties involved, the Heat may not have seen the last of the aging star. Butler’s

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Report: Heat has ‘no desire’ to take back Bradley Beal’s contract in any Jimmy Butler trade

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When Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler requested a trade after Thursday’s disappointing 13-point loss to the Indiana Pacers, Shams Charania’s report specifically stated that he was willing to play “anywhere other than Miami,” after reportedly having just four preferred trade destinations. One of those four–the Golden State Warriors–have reportedly taken themselves out of the mix

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Jimmy Butler was wrong for subtle comments toward Erik Spoelstra about ‘role’

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After Thursday’s 13-point loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday, Miami Heat star wing Jimmy Butler told reporters he doesn’t have joy playing basketball with the organization while subsequently requesting a trade. But lost in the sauce were comments regarding his new role upon returning from a two-week long illness, logging back-to-back nine-point performances against

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Report: Warriors aren’t expected to pursue Jimmy Butler trade before deadline

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The Golden State Warriors have been one of the four teams consistently linked to Miami Heat star forward Jimmy Butler since the summer, but don’t expect them to pursue him ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline. According to The Athletic‘s Sam Amick, Marcus Thompson II and Anthony Slater, the Warriors have yet to have

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Miami Heat suspend Jimmy Butler 7 games

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Less than 24 hours after he requested a trade away from the team, the Miami Heat have suspended star forward Jimmy Butler for seven games for multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team, the team announced Friday. https://x.com/flasportsbuzz/status/1875332617689821274 Here is the full statement: “We have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games for multiple instances

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Where things went wrong between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat

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After almost a full calendar year of Jimmy Butler contract/trade speculation, the inevitable has happened. The Miami Heat star has formally and officially demanded his way out of South Beach following Thursday night’s home loss to the Indiana Pacers. These Butler updates have only heated up, literally and figuratively, as the weeks have gone by.

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Report: Jimmy Butler requests trade, open to ‘anywhere other than Miami’

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After weeks of no formal trade request, Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler has officially requested to play “anywhere other than Miami,” ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Thursday. https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1875033040466203040 This comes at the heel of Butler stating Thursday that he no longer has joy playing basketball for the Heat. It was first reported by

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