PHOENIX — There does appear to be substance to rumors of Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler wanting to join the Phoenix Suns ahead of the league’s Feb. 6 trade deadline.
This afternoon, Suns insider John Gambadoro revealed Phoenix would be Butler’s top option if the Heat were to actually deal him
With Phoenix deep in the second apron of the luxury tax, a deal of this magnitude does get a bit tricky. Gambadoro appeared at the top of the hour on Arizona Sports’ Burns and Gamboand dove deeper into the topic:
“So in making some calls and doing some homework on this, you can do a two team trade between the Suns and Miami. Yesterday we were under the belief that you probably have to include a third team, but you don’t. I even talked to Bobby Marks yesterday for a little bit trying to figure this whole thing out,” Gambadoro said.
“But all you have to do, Miami would just have to add a minimum player, basically any minimum player, to the deal, and you can make a trade work between the Phoenix Suns and the Miami Heat. So you would not need a third team to get a deal done. It would have to be [Bradley] Beal. It would have to be Beal,” said Gambadoro.
With the Suns wanting to cling on to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, Beal is the only piece to the puzzle that can make a deal come to fruition – though the star has a no-trade clause and ultimately holds the power.
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