{"id":9710,"date":"2024-12-11T04:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9710"},"modified":"2024-12-11T04:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:18:15","slug":"heats-tyler-herro-gets-brutally-honest-on-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9710","title":{"rendered":"Heat\u2019s Tyler Herro Gets Brutally Honest on Jimmy Butler Trade Rumors.."},"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\/12\/GettyImages-2182971915-e1733856820235.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2182971915-e1733856820235.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2182971915-e1733856820235.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2182971915-e1733856820235.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro, Heat\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" data-img-load-time=\"189\" data-dom-ready-time=\"288\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat high fives Tyler Herro.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Miami Heat\u00a0rising star\u00a0Tyler Herro\u00a0was in no mood to talk about the trade rumors swirling around their franchise cornerstone\u00a0Jimmy Butler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to check my phone still this morning,\u201d\u00a0Herro said, per Sun-Sentinel\u2019s Ira Winderman. \u201cI don\u2019t know what was said. The vibes felt good in here today, so I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, December 10, Shams Charania of ESPN reported that the Heat are open to trading away Butler, the six-time NBA All-Star who led them to two NBA Finals appearances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Heat are open to listening to offers for Butler and making a deal if the proposal is right, league sources told ESPN, and Butler\u2019s agent, Bernie Lee, has indicated in league circles that Butler is open to destinations such as two of the Texas teams (Houston Rockets\u00a0and\u00a0Dallas Mavericks) and the\u00a0Golden State Warriors. Butler is a native of Houston, Texas,\u201d\u00a0Charania wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Herro, understandably, is not keen on talking about a rumor that could potentially wedge a divide in their locker room.<\/p>\n<p>Not after they have just beaten the NBA\u2019s top team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, 122-113 just two days ago. And not after he was just\u00a0named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week\u00a0after averaging 25.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat are riding high on a three-game win streak to get inside the top five of the East with a 12-10 record.<\/p>\n<p>As Herro emerges as the team\u2019s alpha in scoring, averaging 24.2 points per game, the Butler talks have inevitably arrived after the 35-year-old star did not receive a contract extension this offseason.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Heat Driving Up Jimmy Butler Trade Cost<\/h2>\n<p>While the timing of the Butler trade rumor is off based on the Heat\u2019s performance as of late, it is just right in time for one of the major dates in the NBA\u2019s trade calendar.<\/p>\n<p>December 15, when most players signed in the offseason become trade-eligible, is just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>Charania\u2019s report only signals the Heat are driving up the Butler trade cost and trying to create a bidding war to squeeze the maximum value for a star who might just be a half-year rental.<\/p>\n<p>Butler has a\u00a0$52.4 million player option\u00a0for next season, which he is not inclined to pick up, Charania added, thus, he would become an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>How Did Jimmy Butler, Heat Arrive Here?<\/h2>\n<p>On October 8, Yahoo Sports\u2019 Tom Haberstroh predicted\u00a0on \u201cThe Kevin O\u2019Connor Show\u201d\u00a0that the inevitable trade talks surrounding Butler would arrive sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJimmy Butler is one of those larger-than-life personalities that can be great \u2026 [and then] gets really tiring, and people start to tune him out. He is a dude that is going to walk into every locker room, and you\u2019re going to feel him every single time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so I think when you talk about Jimmy Butler and what the Miami Heat could get for him, I do think that you might have this, get this game of chicken between Jimmy Butler and [team president] Pat Riley, two of the most proud personalities, large personalities. \u2026 I do feel like Pat Riley and Jimmy Butler, if they\u2019re not right, it\u2019s gonna be ugly fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butler\u2019s larger-than-life personality was on full display when he talked smack about the eventual champion\u00a0Boston Celtics\u00a0and their arch-rival, the\u00a0New York Knicks, during the 2024 playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was playing, Boston would be at home. New York damn sure would be [expletive] at home,\u201d\u00a0Butler said on May 4.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Jimmy Butler\u2019s Good Soldier Approach<\/h2>\n<p>Two days later, on May 6, Heat president Pat Riley admonished Butler during his end-of-season press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor him to say that, I thought, is that Jimmy trolling or is that Jimmy [being] serious?\u201d\u00a0Riley told reporters. \u201cIf you\u2019re not on the court, playing against Boston, or you\u2019re not on the court playing against the New York Knicks, you should keep your mouth shut in your criticism of those teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butler responded like a good soldier.<\/p>\n<p>He went into the team\u2019s media day with a serious outlook, a stark contrast to the previous seasons when he showed up with dreadlocks in 2022 and a rock star emo look in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo shenanigans,\u201d\u00a0Butler told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always want to hoop, always want to compete with my guys,\u201d Butler added. \u201cI hear [Riley].<\/p>\n<p>Butler has been hooping since then.<\/p>\n<p>While he is averaging only 19 points, his lowest scoring average since the Heat acquired him in 2019, his efficiency has shot up.<\/p>\n<p>Butler is shooting a career-best 55.7% from the field in his fewest attempts since 2013-14 (11.3). On top of that, he\u2019s also averaging 5.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game, perhaps showing his potential next team he\u2019s still a winning player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat high fives Tyler Herro. 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