According to what was reported by ESPN, Jimmy Butler's days in Miami would be numbered: the six-time All-Star would have communicated to the franchise his preference to be exchanged by the deadline of next February 6, indicating Phoenix, Golden State, Dallas and Houston as the your favorite destinations. In any case, Butler has already announced that he intends to become a free agent in the summer, giving up the $52 million player option included in his contract
Il NBA market revolves around the name of Jimmy Butler and will do so again for the next month and a half. According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the six-time All-Star has communicated to the franchise his preference to be exchanged by the deadline of February 6th. At the moment it is just a preference and not a real request to be traded, even if his days in Florida should be over. The franchise and the player who took them to the final in 2020 and 2023 in fact, they did not reach an agreement for the contract extension in the summer and Butlerjust turned 35, he made it known that he did not want to exercise the player option of 52 million dollars foreseen by his contract, appearing on the free agent market in the summer of 2025. The same goes for any team that wants to trade with Miami to get him, and already several franchises have come forward with Miami to start discussions — as far as the Heat, at the moment, don't seem to have any urgency to sell him.
Butler's favorite destinations, according to rumors
For its part, Butler would have indicated Phoenix, Golden State, Dallas and Houston as his most popular destinationscertainly expressing the intention of wanting to compete for the title immediately and not be part of a reconstruction process. It should be noted that the source of the news, however, is Shams Charania, to whom Butler's agent Bernie Lee had some very harsh words as recently as two weeks agoclaiming that all the news about his client was fabricated — even though other journalists have also confirmed that the streets of Butler and Miami seem destined to separate after five and a half years.
