Miami Heat Refuses to Trade Jimmy Butler Amid Rumors

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00:00The Miami Heat were apparently, per Sharms, trying to shop around Jimmy Buckets, Jimmy

00:08Butler.

00:09He wanted out of South Beach and wanted to find a new destination in which would give

00:13him a chance to try and win a championship.

00:16So that was the big one coming across there from NBA insider, Sharms Shahrania, earlier

00:21this week.

00:22But Pat Riley puts the foot down and says, no, Jimmy Buckets, the six-time All-Star,

00:27will not be going anywhere.

00:29We usually don't comment on rumors, but all this speculation has become a distraction.

00:33Pat Riley, he puts the foot down and says, Jimmy is staying in Miami.

00:37But for how long, Jarl?

00:41It's a matter of time.

00:42The trade deadline is February.

00:45I'd be shocked if he is still there by the time February gets around here.

00:50I mean, listen, now's the time.

00:52It's just it's the nature of the business here, I think.

00:56And it's Pat Riley, unfortunately, the headlines have made it so Pat Riley had to address him.

01:02He couldn't stay quiet.

01:04So what else is he going to say?

01:05Of course, he's going to say he's not trading Jimmy Butler until, of course, he trades Jimmy

01:10Butler.

01:11And I don't and I think both sides are on the same page here, quite honestly.

01:14I think Jimmy wants to know that it's winding down for him.

01:17He wants to go play for a contender.

01:19And if Miami and the NBA is going to retool, they've got the pieces there without a bio

01:25and Tyler Hero, they're going to use whatever they can get for Jimmy Butler now to be able

01:30to add to that over the next couple of years and restart a new era in Miami basketball.

01:35So it's it's time.

01:36And both guys know it.

01:38They're just navigating the press right now.

01:41Yeah, really, really seems that way for Jimmy Butler.

01:43He's done a lot for that organization.

01:46He's had nothing but success over there playing for the Heaton.

01:50To go with that NBA news and notes, Luka Doncic is set to miss another month of basketball,

01:56sustain that that left calf strength.

01:58It will be re-evaluated in one month after this one coming across for the Mavericks.

02:03Not good. They're trying to get things going.

02:04Luka came back. He looked fantastic.

02:06But now back on the sidelines.