Jimmy Butler Watch

[KillerLeft]

I just don’t think Jimmy Butler is going to find any offer approaching the $52m option he holds for next year.

So any team that trades for him is basically getting a high-priced rental. And he’s pretty much guaranteed to pick up his option.

So who would want him?

Maybe a contender, who just needs that one guy to put them over the top.

A contender with a couple of bad contracts, and maybe draft capital to send back as a sweetener.

You might be right about him not getting the extension he wants, but there's no doubt that he's after an extension, and I bet there's a number far below that $52 million he'd be willing to accept next year in order to get a couple more guaranteed years at relatively big guaranteed money before next season starts. Can he get over $100 million for 3 years? I don't know, but my guess is that he will, and the team that trades for him will already have negotiated what they're willing to offer with his people long before we hear about the trade.