Jimmy Butler “only” has a Player Option next year and could therefore become a free agent in July 2025. Enough to give rise to rumors and this time, they send him to the Houston Rockets. The Texan franchise would like to make the winger the veteran of the group.
Last year, the Philadelphia Sixers seemed to be the favorites to welcome Jimmy Butler should the winger leave. Except that the franchise has already brought in an All-Star in this position this summer in the person of Paul George and an arrival of the Miami Heat player now seems impossible to put in place financially.
Now, according to Marc Steinit’s the Houston Rockets that you need to watch. Jimmy Butler grew up in Tomball, Texas; a town which is less than 50 kilometers from the new municipality of Reed Sheppard. Above all, the king of Media Day seemed to have the perfect profile to take this group of young people to the next level.
The Houston Rockets are a team to keep an eye on if Jimmy Butler becomes available, per @TheSteinLine
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The 35-year-old has experience, a hard-working mentality and determination that could inspire the franchise’s new executives. So if the Florida franchise were to try to transfer him so as not to lose him for nothing in the summer, the rockets could quickly position themselves.
At the sub level, such a transfer is not easy to implement since the extensions of Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun will begin next year, but the end of the contracts of Fred Van Vleet and Steven Adams could still free up space in the Salary Cap.
The fact remains that Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat seem extremely linked and that, despite all the releases of the summer, particularly of Pat Riley, the greatest probability, for the moment, is to see him stay in Florida.
Text source: Marc Stein
