Could Jimmy Butler request a trade out of Miami? | The Kevin O'Connor Show
Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O'Connor and NBA contributor Tom Haberstroh discuss the Heat forward's expectations entering his 6th season in South Beach and whether it could be his last. Hear the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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Is it crazy to suggest that Miami is more likely to see Butler end up demanding a trade?
Mm Is that possible contract year?
Miami is just sputtering around and butler is like, you know what, I gotta take advantage of the season I'm having is that more probable?
I think it is more probable.
Um And you know what?
That doesn't mean that the Jimmy Butler experiment was not a success.
I was two finals appearances is nothing to, to, you know, pouch pout about.
That's serious.
It's incredible.
Um It's more, I mean, how many conference finals have Joel and be Joel and Bead Ha has had in his entire career?
And the Miami Heat are, they're like every year, right?
So you know what it might be time.
II I don't know where he goes because I think the Miami heat are over the first apron at this point.
And when you look at the contract, it's gonna be tough to be able to find a suitor for that personality because he's not just a guy, he's not Chris Middleton out here where you can plug and play and just expect high level performance.
He is a dude, that is gonna walk into every locker room and you're gonna feel him every single time.
And so I think when you talk about Jimmy Butler and what the Miami heat could get for him, I, I do think that you might have this, uh, this game of chicken between Jimmy Butler and Pat Riley, two of the most proud personalities, large personalities, most, I don't know, uh, stubborn isn't the right word, but I do feel like Pat Riley and Jimmy Butler.
If they're not right, it's gonna, it's gonna be ugly fast.
Yeah.
And I, I think with Jimmy Butler, even if he were to demand a trade, no guarantee necessarily that parent is gonna end up finding a deal that he wants to do or that would agree to doing.