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00:00It's kind of hard to deal when you're at a detriment, which is where the heat is,
00:03knowing, and everybody else knowing, that Jimmy Butler wants out.
00:06I mean, he carried the heat for at least three seasons.
00:10I mean, it's unequivocal how good he was while everybody else was trying to get better.
00:13He played at a Hall of Fame level, getting them all the way to the finals a couple times.
00:17And, you know, this is just kind of who he is, Gilbert.
00:20Like, I don't know why anybody should be surprised.
00:22He's one of those guys in the NBA, like James Harden and, you know, Kawhi, I guess,
00:26to a degree, that it seems to me they really like the attention.
00:30And they like changing things up.
00:32Kevin Durant, I should mention him as another one, too.
00:34It feels like Jimmy Butler just wants to try something new.
00:38I mean, it's sad to say for Pat Riley in the heat, but that's the way it is.
00:41Maybe he went about it the wrong way.
00:43I could be debated.
00:44But I don't think it started at that press conference, by the way, Gilbert.
00:47I think this has been going on, and he just wasn't getting out.
00:50And this is his way of pushing out.
00:51So the teams, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Golden State, maybe.
00:58You know, Orlando is making a huge push.
01:00Maybe that would be a team, but I don't know how he would fit with their chemistry.
01:03And it seems to me that if a lot of teams wanted Jimmy Butler, Gilbert,
01:06he would have been traded already.
01:07So there's got to be the right fit here.
01:09No, it's certainly an interesting situation as far as what faces Jimmy Butler.
01:14First of all, like, this is a guy with a big personality.
01:16You said it.
01:17And what makes him so good on the floor and that headstrong approach to the game is also
01:22what leads to situations like this.
01:24And we've seen it in Minnesota, in Philadelphia, and now in Miami.
01:28So when you look forward and what that means for a team who's willing to trade for a 35-year-old
01:33player who still has a lot to offer, the Suns seem like they make the most sense.
01:37Seems like he wants to be in Phoenix, and it seems like Phoenix wants him there.
01:41But the trouble with that is they don't have very many ways to make that happen.
01:44Bradley Beal is the guy whose money would work, but he has a no trade clause,
01:48and there are a lot of hoops to jump through with that.
01:50So the question is what team thinks that they're one piece away,
01:53and that piece is Jimmy Butler to help them win a championship.
01:56I look at Houston.
01:57Maybe that could happen.
01:57He's from Houston.
01:58He's from Texas, so Dallas could be a look as well.
02:01So it'll be really interesting to see how this plays out.