Shams Charania stands by reporting on Jimmy Butler trade saga

While Charania reported that the Heat is now open to “listening” to trade offers for Butler, a league source said that Butler has never asked to be traded and the Heat is not aggressively shopping him. “I actually like it,” Butler said Wednesday afternoon when asked about being at the center of trade speculation. “It’s good to be talked about. I don’t think there’s such a thing as bad publicity, to a point. But if somebody is talking about me getting traded, that’s a lot.” -via Miami Herald / December 12, 2024