Jimmy Butler Watch

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Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42)
If the Heat let the Jimmy Butler $48.8M salary this season expire (that is assuming he walks away from $52.4M), they would be well positioned to add to their roster this summer.

Miami would be $47M below the tax and have access to:

- $14M non-tax midlevel
- $5.1M biannual

I think the Heat have already burned that bridge (of keeping Butler and then letting it play out in the summer). They don't want any part of having a disgruntled Butler on their team.