{"id":15195,"date":"2024-12-28T03:52:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T03:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15195"},"modified":"2024-12-28T03:52:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T03:52:32","slug":"breaking-heat-named-as-potential-destination-for-all-nba-pg-amid-jimmy-butler-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15195","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Heat Named as Potential Destination for All-NBA PG Amid Jimmy Butler Turmoil.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2096705621-e1735325010351.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2096705621-e1735325010351.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2096705621-e1735325010351.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2096705621-e1735325010351.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Heat star Jimmy Butler\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"176\" data-dom-ready-time=\"181\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Miami Heat\u00a0are among the few teams named as a potential landing spot for\u00a0Sacramento Kings\u00a0All-NBA point guard\u00a0De\u2019Aaron Fox\u00a0if he asks out, according to ESPN\u2019s Tim MacMahon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he does ask out, San Antonio and Houston\u2014keep an eye on those two. I\u2019ve heard Lakers, but it\u2019s hard for me to tell how much of that is just people jumping to conclusions because he\u2019s a Klutch client. And then I\u2019ve heard Miami with the\u00a0Bam [Adebayo] connection there,\u201d\u00a0MacMahon said on the \u201cHoop Collective\u201d\u00a0podcast on December 27.<\/p>\n<p>Fox and Adebayo were teammates at Kentucky in the 2016-17 season. Fox\u2019s current teammate Malik Monk was also on that Kentucky team that reached the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n<p>Fox, who made it to the All-NBA Third Team and the Clutch Player of the Year in 2023, is on the fourth year of a five-year, $163 million deal with the Kings. Next summer, Fox will be eligible for a four-year, $229 million extension.<\/p>\n<p>But his future in Sacramento has been clouded with uncertainty after his agent, Rich Paul, met with Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox last week, per Sam Amick and Anthony Slater of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discussion, league and team sources said, was focused on an existential question that needs to be answered if this partnership that began eight seasons ago between Fox and the Kings is going to continue long term,\u201d\u00a0Amick and Slater wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Fox declined the Kings\u2019 three-year, $165 million extension offer in the offseason. It was a move not only to position himself for a more lucrative payday after this season but also to see if the Kings can truly help him contend for championships.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Pat Riley is Not Trading Jimmy Butler<\/h2>\n<p>Heat president Pat Riley has stood pat.<\/p>\n<p>Riley unequivocally ended the\u00a0Jimmy Butler trade rumors with a strong statement on December 26 as the 14-13 Heat sat in sixth place in the Eastern Conference after Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe usually don\u2019t comment on rumors, but all this speculation has become a distraction to the team and is not fair to the players and coaches. Therefore, we will make it clear \u2013 We are not trading Jimmy Butler,\u201d\u00a0Riley wrote in a statement on December 26.<\/p>\n<p>Riley\u2019s definitive statement quelled the Butler trade rumors, which dominated the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>On Christmas,\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reported that Butler \u201cprefers a trade out of Miami ahead of the Feb. 6 deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charania doubled down on his latest report on the developing situation in Miami involving Butler on the \u201cNBA Countdown,\u201d citing things began to unravel in the offseason when the Heat did not offer their franchise a star contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>If Fox becomes available, will Riley change his stance considering they were one year removed from their failed pursuit of Damian Lillard. Fox is seven years younger than Lillard and has already a built-in chemistry with Adebayo.<\/p>\n<p>They could theoretically trade Butler for Fox or to another team for draft capital to pursue Fox down the road.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Heat Interested in Grizzlies Underutilized Wing<\/h2>\n<p>The Heat are interested in\u00a0Memphis Grizzlies\u2018 underutilized wing\u00a0John Konchar, according to NBA insider Marc Stein, amid tension between them and Butler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nets, league sources say, are likewise interested in Memphis\u2019 John Konchar, who has also attracted interest from Orlando and Miami and is emerging as a name that must be monitored as the Feb. 6 trade deadline approaches,\u201d\u00a0Stein wrote on \u201cThe Stein Line\u201d on December 26.\u00a0\u201cKonchar is in Year 1 of a three-year, $18.5 million contract with Memphis and is perceived as available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Konchar plays the same position as Butler and is seven years younger. The Grizzlies wing is also way cheaper than Butler, who is seeking a $110 million, two-year extension that will run through until he\u2019s 37.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat. 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