REPORT: Jimmy Butler doesn’t want to play anywhere but Miami, per @ShamsCharania. “There are multiple teams out there that would give him an extension… The Heat don’t want to trade him; he wants an extension. Will they give him an extension? That’s the question.
the whole thing makes me sick. Anything could happen and we just don’t know
HasswatBlockside
we stupidly let Wade go so….
SighHereIamAgain
If Jimmy dont want out, lets extend him
OffTheSchneid
lol at all the idiots advocating to trade Jimmy. We’ll remember you during next years title run. Prob the same idiots who left the arena during Game 6 in 2013.
meduelelacabeza
Yes
Mellothewise
If we have to extend him, I hope we don’t trade any more of our picks and just let Jimbo ride into the sunset and just let guys like Bam, JJJ, and Jovic continue to develop.
The time to have traded picks and key players to improve the team with a person to help out a fully mobile Jimmy was 2-3 years ago.
nschaef93
It’s really gonna depend on if we think we can win with this roster +/- a couple moves. Trading jimmy means we probably enter a mini rebuild.
Extending him means we’re still going for it and likely make some other moves.
Maybe they’re waiting to see what other moves we can make first ? 🤷♂️
FlyLikeATachyon
He isn’t worth the max at this age. We should move on.
ballwallz
We need Jimmy, we ain’t shit without him. He’s proved himself despite the few hurdles and unfortunate injuries the past few years but he deserves it imo.
Might even be worth it for the personality alone, we will never have another player like Jimmy most likely… he’s a one of kind
030-Heat
He will most definitely be offered an extension, how much money he will be offered is up for debate though
KayRay1994
I’m not against extending him, i’m just against maxing him. if he wants to stay for less, sure, why not. If no team wants to trade for him with this news and he still wants the max and won’t sign otherwise, let him walk.
I get being sentimental but unless we’re content with staying mediocre as we decline yearly and delaying retooling/rebuilding, then Pat has to do what has to be done
hesi93
He’s not going anywhere.
RogRoz
Then let’s meet in the middle.
Still hoping that we could flip Herro to Detroit for #5 and Stewart. Pistons desperately need shooting (even if they sign Malik Monk, they need more shooting) and nobody at 5 is better than Herro would be for the right now. They have the cap space and young enough guys to make it work.
#5 go after the best PG or Clingan if he falls there. Use 15 to fill the other need.
Stewart is an instant ungrade to the front court depth
MadPatagonian
Jimmy isn’t taking anything less than the max. I think the Heat don’t extend him, let the season play out and see if he’s still got it, and then try to extend him next year. It’s very risky cuz then he could walk out of spite. But Riley is the biggest risk taker in the league so… on brand.
supersonic8593
Jimmy is Heat culture. We need to get him a championship and we can’t let him go like we did D Wade. He’s a staple of the Miami Heat, as much as Zo, Shaq, or CB.
XanderAndretti
I think giving jimmy the extension he wants is the right move but only if the front office is going to be aggressive and actually make win now trades that help us the next couple seasons.
The team has obvious wholes it needs to fill, they can’t resign jimmy and just call it a day. If they don’t want to make those moves we are better off getting assets for jimmy and doing a soft rebuild, or taking those assets and our own and trying to trade for a donovan mitchell type player who we can immediately pair with bam. They need to decide which direction they truly want to head in at this point, no more internal development nonsense or standing pat on what the roster is at the moment. I will be annoyed if we resign jimmy and do nothing to improve our team.
Ode1st
There’s no reason to trade Jimmy because that money we’d save for a couple years won’t do anything else and the team wouldn’t have any chance at winning.
At least with Jimmy there’s a chance, not a good one anymore since the whole conference got better and we didn’t address our roster issues as usual, but there’s a chance.
Greg_Coat
Thats my fucking boy
YP_Schwartzy
Being a bucks fan and watched Jimmy torch us night after night got all the respect I can ever give a man. When that mf balls, he can’t be stopped.
PeppaPig85210
extend and move on, there is no discussion here. If you want players to come and STAY here, you treat your players right.
We got the best player since Wade literally dying to stay here and there’s hesitation???
The problem is this FO has no idea what it wants to do. They want to contend but they’re too in love with the “young core” to move anybody so they do nothing at all. What the fans dont want to hear is the truth which is we’re stuck in limbo right now, with basically little to no room to make moves. Which is why I think you just extend Jimmy and try your best to make upgrades at needed positions. The biggest failure of the Jimmy era would be letting him leave like this.
same_same_3121
We should absolutely extend him, pay him well, but not max him. If those compromises can be made there is zero reason to move him.
teflonjon321
Replace Jimmy Butler with Dame Lillard in the first sentence and this is an exact quote lol
stilloriginal
You extend him, we are watching more awful basketball for the next 3 years. This past season was the worst season of basketball I’ve seen, so much worse than the 30-11 season, its mind blowing to me that people want to repeat that. They say “make upgrades” but won’t admit that the core of jimmy+bam just isn’t going to work out, and there arent any upgrades to be made. This finals is proving that it doesn’t matter if we had traded for kyrie, harden, or donovan, without upgrading multiple spots it does not matter. There simply isn’t a way forward because you can’t build teams like its 2009 anymore. Especially when one of your big three is just slacking until the playoffs! Trade jimbo and start the rebuild. He isn’t d wade, just stop with those comparisons. There is no possible way to beat the celtics in the next three years if we extend jimmy, so may as well trade him now.
darthfrank
This really is a big nothing story. Jimmy will get a max extension.
Ravagez1
I don’t understand why fans want to extend him. He’s barely playing in the regular season. Didn’t even play in the playoffs. He’s getting old for an nba player. His body isn’t keeping up and it’s only going to get worse. We are in a terrible financial and asset situation as a team. Hence why we can’t make any moves. The team will continue looking the same and worse the longer we extend a max player that can barely play and when he does play often shows little effort. No other team in the league is doing this outside of maybe Kwahi?
fringyrasa
How much is this legit salary issues and how much of it is Jimmy just pissed off Pat this year?
supergrega
They will.
And we finally raising that banner this time next year!
DEFM0N
Reminder to most and Newsflash to some: We’re irrelevant without Jimmy. It’d be back to fringe playoff dark ages with the current roster.
Ozymandias12
Miami will give him the extension. Book it.
High_AspectRatio
I don’t care what anyone says. Give it to him.
binokyo10
Jummy is literally asking for a +1 extension lol
MitroBoomin
We’re not gonna win if we max out JB. We need a proper 5
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the whole thing makes me sick. Anything could happen and we just don’t know
we stupidly let Wade go so….
If Jimmy dont want out, lets extend him
lol at all the idiots advocating to trade Jimmy. We’ll remember you during next years title run. Prob the same idiots who left the arena during Game 6 in 2013.
Yes
If we have to extend him, I hope we don’t trade any more of our picks and just let Jimbo ride into the sunset and just let guys like Bam, JJJ, and Jovic continue to develop.
The time to have traded picks and key players to improve the team with a person to help out a fully mobile Jimmy was 2-3 years ago.
It’s really gonna depend on if we think we can win with this roster +/- a couple moves. Trading jimmy means we probably enter a mini rebuild.
Extending him means we’re still going for it and likely make some other moves.
Maybe they’re waiting to see what other moves we can make first ? 🤷♂️
He isn’t worth the max at this age. We should move on.
We need Jimmy, we ain’t shit without him. He’s proved himself despite the few hurdles and unfortunate injuries the past few years but he deserves it imo.
Might even be worth it for the personality alone, we will never have another player like Jimmy most likely… he’s a one of kind
He will most definitely be offered an extension, how much money he will be offered is up for debate though
I’m not against extending him, i’m just against maxing him. if he wants to stay for less, sure, why not. If no team wants to trade for him with this news and he still wants the max and won’t sign otherwise, let him walk.
I get being sentimental but unless we’re content with staying mediocre as we decline yearly and delaying retooling/rebuilding, then Pat has to do what has to be done
He’s not going anywhere.
Then let’s meet in the middle.
Still hoping that we could flip Herro to Detroit for #5 and Stewart. Pistons desperately need shooting (even if they sign Malik Monk, they need more shooting) and nobody at 5 is better than Herro would be for the right now. They have the cap space and young enough guys to make it work.
#5 go after the best PG or Clingan if he falls there. Use 15 to fill the other need.
Stewart is an instant ungrade to the front court depth
Jimmy isn’t taking anything less than the max. I think the Heat don’t extend him, let the season play out and see if he’s still got it, and then try to extend him next year. It’s very risky cuz then he could walk out of spite. But Riley is the biggest risk taker in the league so… on brand.
Jimmy is Heat culture. We need to get him a championship and we can’t let him go like we did D Wade. He’s a staple of the Miami Heat, as much as Zo, Shaq, or CB.
I think giving jimmy the extension he wants is the right move but only if the front office is going to be aggressive and actually make win now trades that help us the next couple seasons.
The team has obvious wholes it needs to fill, they can’t resign jimmy and just call it a day. If they don’t want to make those moves we are better off getting assets for jimmy and doing a soft rebuild, or taking those assets and our own and trying to trade for a donovan mitchell type player who we can immediately pair with bam. They need to decide which direction they truly want to head in at this point, no more internal development nonsense or standing pat on what the roster is at the moment. I will be annoyed if we resign jimmy and do nothing to improve our team.
There’s no reason to trade Jimmy because that money we’d save for a couple years won’t do anything else and the team wouldn’t have any chance at winning.
At least with Jimmy there’s a chance, not a good one anymore since the whole conference got better and we didn’t address our roster issues as usual, but there’s a chance.
Thats my fucking boy
Being a bucks fan and watched Jimmy torch us night after night got all the respect I can ever give a man. When that mf balls, he can’t be stopped.
extend and move on, there is no discussion here. If you want players to come and STAY here, you treat your players right.
We got the best player since Wade literally dying to stay here and there’s hesitation???
The problem is this FO has no idea what it wants to do. They want to contend but they’re too in love with the “young core” to move anybody so they do nothing at all. What the fans dont want to hear is the truth which is we’re stuck in limbo right now, with basically little to no room to make moves. Which is why I think you just extend Jimmy and try your best to make upgrades at needed positions. The biggest failure of the Jimmy era would be letting him leave like this.
We should absolutely extend him, pay him well, but not max him. If those compromises can be made there is zero reason to move him.
Replace Jimmy Butler with Dame Lillard in the first sentence and this is an exact quote lol
You extend him, we are watching more awful basketball for the next 3 years. This past season was the worst season of basketball I’ve seen, so much worse than the 30-11 season, its mind blowing to me that people want to repeat that. They say “make upgrades” but won’t admit that the core of jimmy+bam just isn’t going to work out, and there arent any upgrades to be made. This finals is proving that it doesn’t matter if we had traded for kyrie, harden, or donovan, without upgrading multiple spots it does not matter. There simply isn’t a way forward because you can’t build teams like its 2009 anymore. Especially when one of your big three is just slacking until the playoffs! Trade jimbo and start the rebuild. He isn’t d wade, just stop with those comparisons. There is no possible way to beat the celtics in the next three years if we extend jimmy, so may as well trade him now.
This really is a big nothing story. Jimmy will get a max extension.
I don’t understand why fans want to extend him. He’s barely playing in the regular season. Didn’t even play in the playoffs. He’s getting old for an nba player. His body isn’t keeping up and it’s only going to get worse. We are in a terrible financial and asset situation as a team. Hence why we can’t make any moves. The team will continue looking the same and worse the longer we extend a max player that can barely play and when he does play often shows little effort. No other team in the league is doing this outside of maybe Kwahi?
How much is this legit salary issues and how much of it is Jimmy just pissed off Pat this year?
They will.
And we finally raising that banner this time next year!
Reminder to most and Newsflash to some: We’re irrelevant without Jimmy. It’d be back to fringe playoff dark ages with the current roster.
Miami will give him the extension. Book it.
I don’t care what anyone says. Give it to him.
Jummy is literally asking for a +1 extension lol
We’re not gonna win if we max out JB. We need a proper 5