{"id":9952,"date":"2024-12-12T04:07:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T04:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9952"},"modified":"2024-12-12T04:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T04:07:31","slug":"report-heat-star-jimmy-butler-open-to-playing-for-suns-if-traded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9952","title":{"rendered":"Report: Heat star Jimmy Butler open to playing for Suns if traded.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1971621687-e1733961931293.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Butler...\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heat forward and six-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler is open to playing for the Phoenix Suns if Miami elects to trade him, ESPN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1866990392870310018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insider<\/a>\u00a0Shams Charania reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Charania said Butler\u2019s agent, Bernie Lee, has indicated to league circles that Butler would be amenable to playing in for the Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>Butler is 35 years old and is averaging 19.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists this year while shooting 55.7% from the field and 36% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>He is a five-time All-NBA player and five-time All-Defense team member. He led Miami to the NBA Finals in the 2020 bubble as well as the 2022-23 playoffs. The Heat lost both series to the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Miami entered Wednesday 12-10 and in fifth place in the Eastern Conference. The Suns are 12-11 but with a 1-9 record when Kevin Durant is out.<\/p>\n<p>Butler has a $48.8 million cap hit for this season and a $52.4 million player option for 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns have three players making more money this year: Durant, Bradley Beal and Devin Booker. Assuming a Butler trade would not involve Durant or Booker, Beal for Butler would work straight up if not for the NBA\u2019s latest trade restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Beal has a cap hit of $50.2 million, so while the trade works for the Suns, the Heat are too close to the second apron and would have to offload some additional salary. Beal also has a no-trade clause.<\/p>\n<p>Beal said on an episode of the\u00a0<em>Run Your Race<\/em>\u00a0podcast\u00a0in October he was looking at Miami and the Milwaukee Bucks as trade destinations from Washington before Phoenix entered the picture ahead of last season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bradley Beal | Opens up about the Phoenix Trade, Dealing with the weight of the Wizards Franchise\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKmSjwxZq9w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lee came out after the report released and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BernieoLee\/status\/1866995114276733071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called it fabricated<\/a>, saying his alleged doings from the report would not help his position. He instructed fans to \u201ccarry on.\u201d Heat owner Micky Arison reposted Lee\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heat forward and six-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler is open to playing for the Phoenix Suns if Miami elects to trade him, ESPN\u00a0insider\u00a0Shams Charania reported on Wednesday&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report: Heat star Jimmy Butler open to playing for Suns if traded.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9952\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report: Heat star Jimmy Butler open to playing for Suns if traded.. - 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