00:00Well, you know, follow this Jimmy Butler thing.
00:02Uh, this was a report that just came out from, uh, Chris Haynes.
00:05Okay.
00:06Okay.
00:06James, longtime NBA reporter.
00:08Um, here is, uh, what Chris Haynes had to say on what he's hearing about
00:15the, uh, Jimmy Butler situation is being told a lot of teams are being
00:19told by Jimmy Butler's camp don't trade for me, um, leak sources just
00:24relayed to me that the Memphis Grizzlies, along with a few other teams
00:29have received word that Miami Heat star, Jimmy Butler has no
00:33interest in being traded there.
00:35So the message is being delivered that a trade should not be attempted
00:39to acquire the all-star for, uh, what makes this situation a little
00:44bit tricky is Jimmy Butler can become unrestricted free agent this summer.
00:48So usually of a player of that caliber, teams like to have some assurance that
00:53he's willing to sign long-term or multi-year deal.
00:56So Jimmy, in that regard does have some leverage in this case.
01:02All right.
01:03So there you go.
01:03He says that the Memphis Grizzlies in particular, but other teams
01:07have been told don't trade for me.
01:11Don't trade for me.
01:12All right.
01:14Um, here's what I would say.
01:15Look, it's pretty obvious what's going on and it all kind of circles
01:19back to the guys trying to get his way to Phoenix because Phoenix very
01:23clearly seems to be the only franchise that will pay him because look, if
01:30you're Jimmy Butler, right.
01:31Cause what was the first thing we heard about this?
01:33All right.
01:33And I'm not judging.
01:34I'm just saying, what was the first thing we heard?
01:36Jimmy Butler wants to go to win that situation.
01:38Once you go to a contender, once you go to say that, because it kind of
01:42saves face when you say I want to leave, right?
01:45But the Memphis Grizzlies right now are third, basically second, third
01:49in the East and the West, like they're one of the best teams in the West.
01:53The sons are under 500, right?
01:56So the sons of a worse writer than the heat again.
01:59Good.
02:01Everybody says that.
02:03Okay.
02:04Everybody says that because it makes fans and people feel that me
02:11wanting out of here is about winning.
02:14Right.
02:14Okay.
02:15But we know it's about money.
02:17Right.
02:18So like, you ain't gotta lie, Jimmy.
02:20We know that dude.
02:21Yeah.
02:21Actions speak for themselves.
02:23If we could take you from being a playing team to being third in a
02:28conference, I think that'd be a dangerous team, man.
02:30I mean, like there's even ways they can get it without giving up Desmond Bain.
02:33I don't know if the heat would go for it, but man, John, Sharon Jackson,
02:37Jimmy Butler, and if they were able to keep Desmond Bain, right.
02:41So, so let's be honest and let's be clear.
02:46Just say what it is, say what it is, say what it is, because if not about
02:51winning, if you tell him Memphis, don't trade for me, I guess this nukes,
02:54my JT was tampering theory.
02:55Huh?
02:56If it's true.
02:58No, that was good research.
02:59It was good research.
03:00You got it for a second because the bet.
03:02Well, the thing that was weird is all these betting markets.
03:04They had the grizzlies is like the favorite team.
03:06I mean, maybe the grizzlies, I don't know.
03:09And, and here's, what's going to happen.
03:12You're going to go there to Phoenix or whatever.
03:16You don't get his money.
03:17Yep.
03:17Right.
03:18And then you're going to be out for six.
03:20I'm telling you, like you got to recondition.
03:24No, they, they, they're going to put his ass out there.
03:25You're going to recondition.
03:26No.
03:27Okay.
03:28But so like, it doesn't help your situation.
03:34If you have a choice of going, going between Memphis and Phoenix and you say,
03:41I want to go to Phoenix that you all about winning, right?
03:47You ain't about winning.
03:48Right.
03:49I didn't say words there.
03:50I thought that was a little strange.
03:55So I was up till two watching the stupid basketball team.
03:59So it's not, it's not.
04:03Um, and, and then here's also the other thing.
04:07At what point do you have to be honest about where you are in your career?
04:13Right.
04:14Because here, here's, here's the deal.
04:16Jimmy goes to Phoenix.
04:18He's number three.
04:19Yeah.
04:20Okay.
04:22If he goes to Memphis, he's two, three.
04:27He'd be, I mean, he'd be two.
04:29Okay.
04:30Two, probably, you know, Jaren, Jaren's pretty similar to Bam and that, like,
04:34you know, it does all the other stuff, but yeah, that's, that's fine.
04:37Okay.
04:38So nobody really gonna have you at a team making more money than they're two stars.
04:45Probably not.
04:46Right.
04:46So unless you have a crazy person, don't you, don't you have to be aware?
04:50Don't you have to be aware?
04:51Well, that's that's whatever the situation is with the money or
04:56whatever wink wink deals there are.
04:58There's very clearly only one.
04:59Yes, that he has.
05:00It seems like, and that's Phoenix, even though that he, even
05:05though everything that he said.
05:08If it's true that, well, listen, if it's true that if he claims to sources
05:14that he wants to be in a window situation and you're trying to decide
05:17between Memphis and Phoenix, if you, and you want Phoenix, I don't know what to
05:22tell you, I mean, all love to Kevin Durant, but come on, dude, because listen,
05:26before job got suspended, it was not like Memphis just got good.
05:29They were good.
05:29Yeah.
05:29They've been, you know, so it like it's, and this is why I caution people.
05:37It's human nature, right?
05:40It's human nature to say things, to try to make what you want.
05:48Reasonable.
05:50Right.
05:51So, well, this is the thing that's interesting about it, right?
05:53Because the sons are very clearly trying to bully Bradley Beal, but
05:57Bradley Beal is telling you, I hold the cards, but the heat don't
05:59want Bradley Beal non-starter.
06:01Right.
06:03So like what third team could you get involved that Bradley
06:05Beal would actually approve?
06:07Right.
06:07Like that's kind of what this comes down to.
06:09He's in a better situation than Jimmy Butler is.
06:14Yeah.
06:14Cause he can control it.
06:15Right.
06:17I mean, you may be like, you may, I mean, I'm sure there's a, you
06:20might feel a little bit like, all right, you guys really don't want me around here.
06:24But I mean, Phoenix is nice.
06:28I'm not going to go, I'm not going to go to the winter for you.
06:31Right.
06:31The ultimate flex.
06:33Right.
06:33So, so this is where we are and you're going to hear a whole bunch of comments,
06:39a whole bunch of stuff, a whole bunch of whatever, right.
06:43When the fact remains and the fact is, is that any team that Jimmy goes to, Jimmy
06:50is not going to be the Jimmy he was here.
06:53He's going to be an ancillary piece.
06:57He's going to be the guy.
06:58They brought an addition to the star.
07:00They already also wouldn't care about role if he was extended.
07:03Yeah.
07:03But do you think as soon as he gets there, he needs to be extended?
07:06I think that's the only way you go give him another 60 million.
07:09And that's what I think Phoenix is going to do.
07:11Cause cause they're going to give him the X they'll give him the extension that he
07:15wants, which is, which is the make next year guarantee with a little bump.
07:21And then you get an extra year, which is like 60 million.
07:23So it's like two years, one 13.
07:25And the reason I, but I explained to you why, because that's
07:28the exact Bradley Beal contract.
07:30That's exactly what Bradley Beals owed.
07:32So you're not really adding any, but he didn't get that in Phoenix.
07:35He got that in Washington, but that's the deal.
07:37That's what's left on the books for him.
07:39So that's why the heat argument was like, we're not going to trade for the
07:41contract that we're not going to give to a guy who's also not available.
07:44And isn't a needle mover like Jimmy Butler is even at his best.
07:48So, but Phoenix is thinking to themselves, all right, well, there's
07:51Bradley Beal things that we're going to work under 500.
07:53We missed the playoffs last year.
07:55You know, maybe Jimmy Butler will give him his money.
07:59What's the difference.
08:00We're stuck with Bradley Beal right now.
08:01So how can we make Bradley Beals life miserable?
08:04Um, but we also need to make sure nobody else wants to go after Jimmy Butler.
08:08So all the deals are terrible.
08:09So yeah, I mean, Jimmy is, this is the game.
08:12I mean, Jimmy's trying to make the deals.
08:14He's trying to make the, you know, the heat and the weakest position possible,
08:17but the heat are firm in a stance, I believe.
08:20And that is, they're not taking on Bradley Beal themselves
08:23until they find a third team.
08:24I think we are at this kind of stalemate.
08:27Brian just pointed out.
08:28Didn't Jimmy say he doesn't care where he goes.
08:30He can go win with anybody.
08:32Yeah.
08:33Yeah.
08:33That was again, that was a report from shops again.
08:36Anywhere.
08:36But Miami is what I believe you told what you have to.
08:39Now, all of a sudden it's not anywhere, but Miami, what you have to understand
08:42is sometimes people, I won't just say athletes, people say things because.
08:51You know, in the moment that they know damn well, they don't mean
08:55anywhere who will guarantee me an extra $60 million.
08:58That's what he should have said.
09:00And guess what?
09:01I would respect that.
09:03I would do, but to hide behind, I want to go somewhere and win.
09:07And then end up in Phoenix.
09:09Come.
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