Jimmy Butler trade rumors

[Flagrant Fowl]

Ah sorry.

Suns: Butler, Green, Vincent
Heat: Nurkic, Allen, Reaves
Warriors: Durant
Raptors: Wiggins
Lakers: Poeltl

[Wally_West]

This is extremely close to working.

What’s the pic, I can’t see.

Edit: never mind, I can see it now. You’re a sick puppy for thinking that up.

[Wally_West]

Ah sorry.

Suns: Butler, Green, Vincent
Heat: Nurkic, Allen, Reaves
Warriors: Durant
Raptors: Wiggins
Lakers: Poeltl

Can we at least get picks!

[JeremyG]

[Wally_West]

You trade KD for Butler because of 2 reasons

1. It’s not working and you need a change
2. You’ll get draft capital in return as well.

Also Booker probably not interested in a blow up.

I don’t think we should do it, but that’s why you do it

3rd reason, he’s snorting the same stuff Nico got!

[Flagrant Fowl]

I hate fake trades, but if there was ever a best opportunity to waste time making them it's in the next 40ish hours.

[Flagrant Fowl]

This is bullshit casual clickbait and you should know better.

[JeremyG]

This is bullshit casual clickbait and you should know better.

Lol posted the wrong url, edited it.

[JeremyG]

Hmmm…

[JeremyG]

So if we have a backup plan, how long do we wait to see if Riley blinks? Thursday at 12 pm? 12:30? 12:59? Lol.

[Superbone]

Booker, Butler, and Beal? Does Beal still get dealt? If not, how the hell does that make us any better? Just call up Houston or something and see what they’ll offer for KD at that point.

We need a couple bigs.

[Superbone]

Gambo literally said he's not reporting.

He reported it without reporting it.

[Split T]

This is extremely close to working.

Problem is your aggregating contracts for the suns…need Nurk and Grayson’s salary to get him and we’re not allowed to do that. Would have to be Beal

[Flagrant Fowl]

Suns would be sending out 3 and bringing in 3 which is essentially 1-for-1. I suppose they can’t make that work, but I’m certainly not a CBA expert either.

[Split T]

Ya the problem is Draymond makes 24 million…it’s dumb but you need a salary of at least 24 million going out

[Flagrant Fowl]

Sure I get that. Are you sure they can't route these types of deals through several prior steps to find loopholes? I mean, if Beal isn't getting traded, I don't really know how much of this stuff happens at all. Yet we keep hearing about it, so I'm led to believe there are paths to make it happen.

[Ring_Wanted]

He’s an athletic scorer who doesn’t defend or make his teammates better. Maybe he figures it out, but you’d have to pay him this summer too…pass

Agreed.

[Ring_Wanted]

Booker, Butler, and Beal? Does Beal still get dealt? If not, how the hell does that make us any better? Just call up Houston or something and see what they’ll offer for KD at that point.

Premise would be that Butler adds a dimension we lack with toughness on defense and attacking the rim on offense. I'd be tempted if it was a wider deal where Durant goes to a third team, MIA gets the expirings they seem to want, and we get additional assets to cover the delta between Butler and Durant. The issue to me would be the contract extension Butler would get from Ishbia.

[Ring_Wanted]

Makes no sense to trade KD for Butler unless other pieces are coming in as well. Fuck that

I still think this is crazy tactics to try and get Riley to blink, threatening to pivot to trading KD to GS if Beal/Butler doesn't go through

Fine by me if I was Riley. I can't lose. My team is doing just ok without Butler and all the distractions, and next summer I'll have either a cancer gone or an expiring contract. Beal is just a NO if I am MIA.

[JeremyG]