Amid the commercial conversations, the star of Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler, has communicated to the Golden State Warriors who is not interested in signing a contract extension there, sources told ESPN.
Butler’s position attenuates the possibilities of an agreement to join, but the situation remains fluid, the sources said. The Warriors have been in conversations with multiple teams about the improvement of their list before the NBA trade deadline on Thursday.
Butler has a $ 52 million player option for the next season, but his representation has repeatedly indicated that he prefers to avoid it and become a free agent. Butler’s approach is still changed to the Phoenix Suns, where he has shown interest in signing a several years, the sources said.
The teams interested in Butler have also reflected on the possibilities that they can change for Butler without a long-term commitment to the belief that the six times there would possibly exercise their player’s option and would not become an agent Free, the sources said.
Last month, Memphis’s Grizzlies had preliminary conversations with heat about Butler, the sources said, but Butler also announced that he did not commit long in Memphis. Those discussions later did not progress.
Butler is currently fulfilling a suspension of five games, its third suspension of the season, after leaving the practice last week.