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Even though Jimmy Butler can be 35 years previous by the point the 2024-25 season begins within the Fall, the Miami Warmth ahead will reportedly be looking for a max contract extension that might make him among the many highest-paid gamers within the NBA.
Ought to the Warmth resolve that they need to transfer on from Butler and never give him the extension he’s on the lookout for, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst experiences that the Philadelphia 76ers would possibly pursue Butler as they’re “monitoring” his state of affairs.
“The participant on the high of their record is Paul George… And I believe that Philly goes to return out with a max provide to Paul George… There are going to be a variety of names which might be going to return up [in trade rumors] however I’m going to offer you two off the bat right here. Each contain gamers who can get extensions with their groups, however for numerous causes, won’t,” Windhorst defined on ESPN’s Get Up! on Friday, Might 3.
“The primary title to look at is Jimmy Butler from the Miami Warmth. He’s received two years left on his contract, there may be curiosity in him extending, and you could keep in mind, the Sixers selected this Tobias Harris contract as a substitute of paying Jimmy Butler 5 years in the past. Properly, that contract is up. If Jimmy Butler desires to increase and the Warmth will not be prepared to do it, is there a approach to revisit that? They’ve belongings from the James Harden commerce that they may use along with cap area.”
The opposite participant that the Sixers can be reportedly monitoring is Brandon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans.
“The participant on the high of their record is Paul George.”@WindhorstESPN thinks the Sixers are going to offer PG-13 a max contract provide in free company, and can look to watch Jimmy Butler and Brandon Ingram’s conditions ???? pic.twitter.com/bRVVY1XeeO
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) Might 3, 2024
Butler performed in Philadelphia for half a season in 2018-19 after the Sixers acquired him in a commerce with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Issues didn’t work out for Philly and Butler, nonetheless, as he signed with the Warmth throughout the next offseason.
With Embiid now 30 years previous and having by no means performed greater than 68 video games in a season (he performed in simply 39 this yr), the Sixers are seemingly starting to surprise how a lot time they’ll have left with Embiid on the peak of his powers earlier than his physique begins to interrupt down completely.
