{"id":23030,"date":"2025-01-04T09:31:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T09:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=23030"},"modified":"2025-01-04T09:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T09:31:54","slug":"breaking-jimmy-butler-drops-a-bombshell-that-could-rejuvenate-potential-warriors-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=23030","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Jimmy Butler drops a bombshell that could rejuvenate potential Warriors trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">\n<p>These comments are sure to reverberate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_230,w_4205,h_2365\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/41\/01jgn42qbjsj36sh8ms3.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Heat v Golden State Warriors\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\"><strong>Update: *<\/strong>Jimmy Butler has indicated<strong> that he wants a trade out of Miami, according to ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania and Brian Windhorst on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Jimmy Butler had been strongly linked to the Golden State Warriors in recent times, but speculation did halt somewhat just over a week ago when Miami Heat President Pat Riley declared that his franchise wouldn&#8217;t trade the 6x All-Star.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">But as much as Riley tried to pour water on the Butler fire, that was never going to be the end of the saga ahead of the February 6 trade deadline. Now, things are sure to heat up again after the 35-year-old&#8217;s latest comments following the Heat&#8217;s 128-115 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\">Jimmy Butler may have just rejuvenated a potential Warriors trade<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">After declaring that he wants to get his joy back on the court, Butler responded &#8220;probably not&#8221; when pressed whether that could happen in Miami. That&#8217;s a huge bombshell for the veteran forward to drop, and it&#8217;s sure to reignite conjecture on his future.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">The &#8220;probably not&#8221; comments also seem to reflect a Christmas Day report from ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania that stated that Butler would prefer a trade away from Miami prior to the deadline.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1875017535487430844&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbluemanhoop.com%2Fjimmy-butler-drops-bombshell-rejuvenate-potential-warriors-trade&amp;sessionId=59c2f0b156e8fc34df2a1634ab03cf6b9965c08c&amp;siteScreenName=bluemanhoop&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-uw-rm-iframe=\"gn\" data-tweet-id=\"1875017535487430844\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Thursday&#8217;s game was just Butler&#8217;s second back from a five-game absence, having recorded just nine points, two rebounds and four assists in the 13-point loss while finishing as a game-low -27 in his 27 minutes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Butler was also quiet in his return against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, finishing with nine points, four rebounds and two assists in an 11-point win. The Heat star took just five field-goal attempts in nearly 25 minutes of action, having now averaged less than 18 points on the season &#8212; the lowest since his third year with the Chicago Bulls in 2013-14.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">Golden State have consistently been mentioned as a strong player if Butler is to be moved, with a trio of other Western Conference rivals &#8212; the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets &#8212; also mentioned as teams Butler is &#8220;open to&#8221; according to Charania.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">Butler&#8217;s contract situation is certainly a major hurdle to jump over for any team, with his $48.8 million salary meaning that the Warriors would have to send out at least four players including starting small forward Andrew Wiggins.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">Golden State would also have to commit to offering a significant multi-year extension to Butler in the offseason, with a likelihood of the 14-year veteran opting out of his $52.4 million player option during the summer.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Butler had been strongly linked to the Golden State Warriors in recent times, but speculation did halt somewhat just over a week ago when Miami Heat Presi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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