At the end of the day, the Heat are in the driver's seat. Even if Jimmy Butler has a hissy fit, which I don't think is going to happen because they're winning, they're in the driver's seat man. They don't have to do anything with Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler can play out this year, decline his option and become a free agent. And I know the threat is there that he can go sign somewhere else, and my question is: Who? Who is Jimmy Butler going to sign with?
Brooklyn has been linked to Butler since the summer. But they are a 10-15 team playing above their head and will likely be trying to capture the flag sooner rather than later. That doesn't, however, guarantee that a team won't open up cap space for Butler. After all, Miami did execute a four-team sign-and-trade to sign Butler without any cap space in 2019. It's not impossible, but the Heat were nowhere near the hard-cap.
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