Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler’s agent, Bernie Lee, aggressively took issue with ESPN’s NBA insider Shams Charania this week for posting that he told him the Phoenix Suns are on his client’s radar as a possible trade destination.
“If you don’t stop putting my name on your complete and utter (expletive) because you know you normally aren’t worth my time to acknowledge,” Lee said on X, commenting on Charania’s post about Butler being open to the Suns.
As intense as Lee’s reaction comes off, there’s still a matter of Butler’s future and whether his NBA career continues in Miami or relocates to Dallas, Houston or Golden State, the initial teams Charania reported, in Phoenix or elsewhere.
Butler’s “who knows?” response to being asked this week about his “long-term” future suggests it’s wide open.
However, there is a path for Butler to land in Phoenix that starts with Bradley Beal
First, Beal has a no-trade clause. So he’d have to agree to the trade.
After that, it becomes rather simple.
Despite being over the second tax apron, the Suns could trade Beal for Butler and a player on a veteran minimum contract even if it brought back more money on the deal.
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