Bobby Marks

And I think, I know things have been floating around that Jimmy Butler wouldn't want to play in Milwaukee or Memphis and teams like that. If I'm a team like Memphis and I'm trading some expirings and maybe Marcus Smart or even Brandon Clark and I get to give a first round pick, just hypothetical, I might take a swing for that for the next four months with Jimmy Butler on my team.

Because here's the reality. Who's going to sign him in free agency? That's the $100 million question. I don't see anyone lined up to sign him with cap space. I don't see Brooklyn going out there and signing him, although Brooklyn will have $60 million in cap space and pay him $40 million. The hard part comes with, though, Ryan, is, okay, let's say this plays out and he opts in.

Because here's the reality. Who's going to sign him in free agency? That's the $100 million question. I don't see anyone lined up to sign him with cap space. I don't see Brooklyn going out there and signing him, although Brooklyn will have $60 million in cap space and pay him $40 million. The hard part comes with, though, Ryan, is, okay, let's say this plays out and he opts in.

Because here's the reality. Who's going to sign him in free agency? That's the $100 million question. I don't see anyone lined up to sign him with cap space. I don't see Brooklyn going out there and signing him, although Brooklyn will have $60 million in cap space and pay him $40 million. The hard part comes with, though, Ryan, is, okay, let's say this plays out and he opts in.

We're in a different... This is a different CBA than it was back in 2019 when Jimmy was signed and traded from Philly to Miami. That was a complicated trade, and that was under the prior CBA here. So there's a lot of different layers, but at the end of the day, What happens is, what eventually happens is controlled by Jimmy Butler.

We're in a different... This is a different CBA than it was back in 2019 when Jimmy was signed and traded from Philly to Miami. That was a complicated trade, and that was under the prior CBA here. So there's a lot of different layers, but at the end of the day, What happens is, what eventually happens is controlled by Jimmy Butler.

We're in a different... This is a different CBA than it was back in 2019 when Jimmy was signed and traded from Philly to Miami. That was a complicated trade, and that was under the prior CBA here. So there's a lot of different layers, but at the end of the day, What happens is, what eventually happens is controlled by Jimmy Butler.

Because the reality is Miami, and I'm just talking for myself, if I was in their front office, he acts out again, I'm suspending him again, right? Like I'm just going to continue the cycle here. And that's not good for anybody at all.

Because the reality is Miami, and I'm just talking for myself, if I was in their front office, he acts out again, I'm suspending him again, right? Like I'm just going to continue the cycle here. And that's not good for anybody at all.

Because the reality is Miami, and I'm just talking for myself, if I was in their front office, he acts out again, I'm suspending him again, right? Like I'm just going to continue the cycle here. And that's not good for anybody at all.

That's the biggest thing, right? Because all of this is financially driven. I know...

That's the biggest thing, right? Because all of this is financially driven. I know...

That's the biggest thing, right? Because all of this is financially driven. I know...

jimmy butler can come out and say well they're not using me right and i'm not part of the offense well i watched the game a month ago in detroit where he went he put up 31 and he was part of the offense so i think that's a little bit of a cop out here and i do think it's i think this is primarily financially driven here um

jimmy butler can come out and say well they're not using me right and i'm not part of the offense well i watched the game a month ago in detroit where he went he put up 31 and he was part of the offense so i think that's a little bit of a cop out here and i do think it's i think this is primarily financially driven here um

jimmy butler can come out and say well they're not using me right and i'm not part of the offense well i watched the game a month ago in detroit where he went he put up 31 and he was part of the offense so i think that's a little bit of a cop out here and i do think it's i think this is primarily financially driven here um

But this has been sitting here since July when Pat Riley came out and basically said we were not extending Jimmy Butler. So as you said, I think the Memphis thing makes the most sense. Who knows if there was ever any life to that. Listen, when the list of teams that had come out back in –

But this has been sitting here since July when Pat Riley came out and basically said we were not extending Jimmy Butler. So as you said, I think the Memphis thing makes the most sense. Who knows if there was ever any life to that. Listen, when the list of teams that had come out back in –

But this has been sitting here since July when Pat Riley came out and basically said we were not extending Jimmy Butler. So as you said, I think the Memphis thing makes the most sense. Who knows if there was ever any life to that. Listen, when the list of teams that had come out back in –

December, whether it be Houston and Golden State and Dallas and Phoenix, the only clean team out of that was Houston. From a financial standpoint, draft picks, young players, and Houston's probably saying, wait a minute, we're the number two seed in the West. Let's go to the playoffs and see what we got.