The Official 2024-25 NBA Regular Season Discussion Thread

[Kairi HoHo]

Well Miami is going no where fast and have been for a few Years now. I'm shocked they didn't break up that Team over the Offseason they are at the same spot as last Year and nothing is changing. It didn't help either what Pat Riley said last Season towards Butler so he's been hanging probably seen then. My Sixers have their own problems though Embiid playing every other Team and once they get on a roll like they did a few Weeks ago beating the Celtics on Christmas Day they forget how to play going it looks like 0-2 on this West Coast trip so far.

 

[Cwalker]

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FROM SHAMS: ESPN story with @WindhorstESPN: Jimmy Butler has indicated to the Miami Heat that he wants the team to trade him and is open to playing anywhere other than Miami. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43266837/sources-jimmy-butler-indicates-heat-wants-trade

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The Jimmy Butler Cycle:

Step 1: Get Traded to a New Team
Step 2: Team Sees Short-Term Success
Step 3: Team Chokes in the Playoffs
Step 4: Jimmy Butler has a hissy fit because he thinks he's the only player worth shit on the team.
Step 5: Demands to get Traded and Burns Every Bridge on the Way Out
Step 6: And Repeat

Yeah at some point it’s like “When is it you, brother?”

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Well they better have a plan in place to trade him by then because he's already pissed and this won't help anything I feel.

 

[Jam]

My question is, who even wants Butler?

 

[Cwalker]

Isn’t he in the last year of his deal? Someone will trade for an expiring contract

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Isn’t he in the last year of his deal? Someone will trade for an expiring contract

I think so and he's nearly close to 50 Million right now for this Season is due 52 plus in 2025/2026. So maybe Pat Ripley is like we can't pay that for a guy getting older. Still he's a damn player in my eyes and could be a major help for someone if the price is right.

 

[Cwalker]

The Miami Heat are suspending Jimmy Butler for 2 games.

Just trade this man so everyone can move on.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

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[Kairi HoHo]

The Miami Heat are suspending Jimmy Butler for 2 games.

Just trade this man so everyone can move on.

2 Games for what? I get the other Suspension to a degree but did he say something crazy?

 

[Cwalker]

2 Games for what? I get the other Suspension to a degree but did he say something crazy?

Missed a team flight

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Missed a team flight

Oh shit yeah that is a no no. The Trade Deadline is Feb 6th they for sure need to trade him it's only going to worse

 

[Cwalker]

Oh shit yeah that is a no no. The Trade Deadline is Feb 6th they for sure need to trade him it's only going to worse

Hard part is finding a trade partner. He’s got a $50 million player option that he’s definitely picking up. So its not like trading for an expiring contract

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Hard part is finding a trade partner. He’s got a $50 million player option that he’s definitely picking up. So its not like trading for an expiring contract

Yeah that money I remember was high they might need to add a 3rd Team to make it all work in a Trade for sure

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Timberwolves and Grizzlies are potential trade partners, sending Butler to Memphis, Julius Randle to Miami, and Brandon Clarke to Minnesota

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Timberwolves and Grizzlies are potential trade partners, sending Butler to Memphis, Julius Randle to Miami, and Brandon Clarke to Minnesota

How would feel about that Trade Grim? Clarke to me is not some blow away player compared to Butler or Randle. Butler would be cool to see with Memphis it would surely bump up their chances in the West as for Randle it doesn't do anything to have two bigs with Bam. It would just be a matter of time before he wants it Miami is going no where as a franchise. I know theirs talk about the Suns in this but Beal has to waive his No Trade Clause to make it happen but why would Beal want to go to Miami if Butler wants to leave in his own right?

My own Team has their darn problems between Embiid's health not going well this Season, probably the Rookie of the Year McCain going down for the Year, and PG having the same problem where they'll keep him out on back to back sometimes due to his health. Even though they are 4 Games or so out of the 10th Seed in the East it feels like double that the way they have been playing. I thought last Season Morey should of been fired and I think if and when the Sixers possibly becomes sellers he'll be gone and they'll have a future in the air this Offseason.