Jimmy Butler updates continue to come in... it seems Jimmy is walking back his "anywhere but here" comments. Jimmy's camp is reaching out telling teams to NOT trade for him. What is the real possibility of Butler playing in either Phoenix or Memphis?
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00:00Well, you know, follow this Jimmy Butler thing.
00:02Uh, this was a report that just came out from, uh, Chris Haynes.
00:05Okay.
00:06Okay.
00:06James, longtime NBA reporter.
00:08Um, here is, uh, what Chris Haynes had to say on what he's hearing about
00:15the, uh, Jimmy Butler situation is being told a lot of teams are being
00:19told by Jimmy Butler's camp don't trade for me, um, leak sources just
00:24relayed to me that the Memphis Grizzlies, along with a few other teams
00:29have received word that Miami Heat star, Jimmy Butler has no
00:33interest in being traded there.
00:35So the message is being delivered that a trade should not be attempted
00:39to acquire the all-star for, uh, what makes this situation a little
00:44bit tricky is Jimmy Butler can become unrestricted free agent this summer.
00:48So usually of a player of that caliber, teams like to have some assurance that
00:53he's willing to sign long-term or multi-year deal.
00:56So Jimmy, in that regard does have some leverage in this case.
01:02All right.
01:03So there you go.
01:03He says that the Memphis Grizzlies in particular, but other teams
01:07have been told don't trade for me.
01:11Don't trade for me.
01:12All right.
01:14Um, here's what I would say.
01:15Look, it's pretty obvious what's going on and it all kind of circles
01:19back to the guys trying to get his way to Phoenix because Phoenix very
01:23clearly seems to be the only franchise that will pay him because look, if
01:30you're Jimmy Butler, right.
01:31Cause what was the first thing we heard about this?
01:33All right.
01:33And I'm not judging.
01:34I'm just saying, what was the first thing we heard?
01:36Jimmy Butler wants to go to win that situation.
01:38Once you go to a contender, once you go to say that, because it kind of
01:42saves face when you say I want to leave, right?
01:45But the Memphis Grizzlies right now are third, basically second, third
01:49in the East and the West, like they're one of the best teams in the West.
01:53The sons are under 500, right?
01:56So the sons of a worse writer than the heat again.
01:59Good.
02:01Everybody says that.
02:03Okay.
02:04Everybody says that because it makes fans and people feel that me
02:11wanting out of here is about winning.
02:14Right.
02:14Okay.
02:15But we know it's about money.
02:17Right.
02:18So like, you ain't gotta lie, Jimmy.
02:20We know that dude.
02:21Yeah.
02:21Actions speak for themselves.
02:23If we could take you from being a playing team to being third in a
02:28conference, I think that'd be a dangerous team, man.
02:30I mean, like there's even ways they can get it without giving up Desmond Bain.
02:33I don't know if the heat would go for it, but man, John, Sharon Jackson,
02:37Jimmy Butler, and if they were able to keep Desmond Bain, right.
02:41So, so let's be honest and let's be clear.
02:46Just say what it is, say what it is, say what it is, because if not about
02:51winning, if you tell him Memphis, don't trade for me, I guess this nukes,
02:54my JT was tampering theory.
02:55Huh?
02:56If it's true.
02:58No, that was good research.
02:59It was good research.
03:00You got it for a second because the bet.
03:02Well, the thing that was weird is all these betting markets.
03:04They had the grizzlies is like the favorite team.
03:06I mean, maybe the grizzlies, I don't know.
03:09And, and here's, what's going to happen.
03:12You're going to go there to Phoenix or whatever.
03:16You don't get his money.
03:17Yep.
03:17Right.
03:18And then you're going to be out for six.
03:20I'm telling you, like you got to recondition.
03:24No, they, they, they're going to put his ass out there.
03:25You're going to recondition.
03:26No.
03:27Okay.
03:28But so like, it doesn't help your situation.
03:34If you have a choice of going, going between Memphis and Phoenix and you say,
03:41I want to go to Phoenix that you all about winning, right?
03:47You ain't about winning.
03:48Right.
03:49I didn't say words there.
03:50I thought that was a little strange.
03:55So I was up till two watching the stupid basketball team.
03:59So it's not, it's not.
04:03Um, and, and then here's also the other thing.
04:07At what point do you have to be honest about where you are in your career?
04:13Right.
04:14Because here, here's, here's the deal.
04:16Jimmy goes to Phoenix.
04:18He's number three.
04:19Yeah.
04:20Okay.
04:22If he goes to Memphis, he's two, three.
04:27He'd be, I mean, he'd be two.
04:29Okay.
04:30Two, probably, you know, Jaren, Jaren's pretty similar to Bam and that, like,
04:34you know, it does all the other stuff, but yeah, that's, that's fine.
04:37Okay.
04:38So nobody really gonna have you at a team making more money than they're two stars.
04:45Probably not.
04:46Right.
04:46So unless you have a crazy person, don't you, don't you have to be aware?
04:50Don't you have to be aware?
04:51Well, that's that's whatever the situation is with the money or
04:56whatever wink wink deals there are.
04:58There's very clearly only one.
04:59Yes, that he has.
05:00It seems like, and that's Phoenix, even though that he, even
05:05though everything that he said.
05:08If it's true that, well, listen, if it's true that if he claims to sources
05:14that he wants to be in a window situation and you're trying to decide
05:17between Memphis and Phoenix, if you, and you want Phoenix, I don't know what to
05:22tell you, I mean, all love to Kevin Durant, but come on, dude, because listen,
05:26before job got suspended, it was not like Memphis just got good.
05:29They were good.
05:29Yeah.
05:29They've been, you know, so it like it's, and this is why I caution people.
05:37It's human nature, right?
05:40It's human nature to say things, to try to make what you want.
05:48Reasonable.
05:50Right.
05:51So, well, this is the thing that's interesting about it, right?
05:53Because the sons are very clearly trying to bully Bradley Beal, but
05:57Bradley Beal is telling you, I hold the cards, but the heat don't
05:59want Bradley Beal non-starter.
06:01Right.
06:03So like what third team could you get involved that Bradley
06:05Beal would actually approve?
06:07Right.
06:07Like that's kind of what this comes down to.
06:09He's in a better situation than Jimmy Butler is.
06:14Yeah.
06:14Cause he can control it.
06:15Right.
06:17I mean, you may be like, you may, I mean, I'm sure there's a, you
06:20might feel a little bit like, all right, you guys really don't want me around here.
06:24But I mean, Phoenix is nice.
06:28I'm not going to go, I'm not going to go to the winter for you.
06:31Right.
06:31The ultimate flex.
06:33Right.
06:33So, so this is where we are and you're going to hear a whole bunch of comments,
06:39a whole bunch of stuff, a whole bunch of whatever, right.
06:43When the fact remains and the fact is, is that any team that Jimmy goes to, Jimmy
06:50is not going to be the Jimmy he was here.
06:53He's going to be an ancillary piece.
06:57He's going to be the guy.
06:58They brought an addition to the star.
07:00They already also wouldn't care about role if he was extended.
07:03Yeah.
07:03But do you think as soon as he gets there, he needs to be extended?
07:06I think that's the only way you go give him another 60 million.
07:09And that's what I think Phoenix is going to do.
07:11Cause cause they're going to give him the X they'll give him the extension that he
07:15wants, which is, which is the make next year guarantee with a little bump.
07:21And then you get an extra year, which is like 60 million.
07:23So it's like two years, one 13.
07:25And the reason I, but I explained to you why, because that's
07:28the exact Bradley Beal contract.
07:30That's exactly what Bradley Beals owed.
07:32So you're not really adding any, but he didn't get that in Phoenix.
07:35He got that in Washington, but that's the deal.
07:37That's what's left on the books for him.
07:39So that's why the heat argument was like, we're not going to trade for the
07:41contract that we're not going to give to a guy who's also not available.
07:44And isn't a needle mover like Jimmy Butler is even at his best.
07:48So, but Phoenix is thinking to themselves, all right, well, there's
07:51Bradley Beal things that we're going to work under 500.
07:53We missed the playoffs last year.
07:55You know, maybe Jimmy Butler will give him his money.
07:59What's the difference.
08:00We're stuck with Bradley Beal right now.
08:01So how can we make Bradley Beals life miserable?
08:04Um, but we also need to make sure nobody else wants to go after Jimmy Butler.
08:08So all the deals are terrible.
08:09So yeah, I mean, Jimmy is, this is the game.
08:12I mean, Jimmy's trying to make the deals.
08:14He's trying to make the, you know, the heat and the weakest position possible,
08:17but the heat are firm in a stance, I believe.
08:20And that is, they're not taking on Bradley Beal themselves
08:23until they find a third team.
08:24I think we are at this kind of stalemate.
08:27Brian just pointed out.
08:28Didn't Jimmy say he doesn't care where he goes.
08:30He can go win with anybody.
08:32Yeah.
08:33Yeah.
08:33That was again, that was a report from shops again.
08:36Anywhere.
08:36But Miami is what I believe you told what you have to.
08:39Now, all of a sudden it's not anywhere, but Miami, what you have to understand
08:42is sometimes people, I won't just say athletes, people say things because.
08:51You know, in the moment that they know damn well, they don't mean
08:55anywhere who will guarantee me an extra $60 million.
08:58That's what he should have said.
09:00And guess what?
09:01I would respect that.
09:03I would do, but to hide behind, I want to go somewhere and win.
09:07And then end up in Phoenix.
09:09Come.