Woj: Sources: Jimmy Butler interested in pursuing short-term offer sheet

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As <a href="https://twitter.com/EricPincus">@EricPincus</a> reports Bulls gave Jimmy Butler full max qualifying offer - 5 years, max raises -- any outside offer must have 3 full years</p>&mdash; Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/615619172932956161">June 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Any team pursuing Butler must now include three fully guaranteed years in an offer sheet - no options in first three years possible.</p>&mdash; Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/615619361089409024">June 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Butler can seek the shorter 3 year offer &amp; let Bulls match it, sign Bulls offer or take one year Qualifying Offer &amp; be unrestricted in 2016</p>&mdash; Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/615619660478873601">June 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Take it jimmy! Qo or bust x)

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Butler's qualifying offer also is repressively low at $4.4 million. Tristan Thompson's, for comparison, is about $7 million.</p>&mdash; Adi Joseph (@AdiJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdiJoseph/status/615624561988640768">June 29, 2015</a></blockquote>
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He will make it up with his next contract next year.

 

He will take the full max like every other player has when it's been offered.

 

He just wants to show Kobe how to play hard and win.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: After CHI offered <a href="https://twitter.com/JimmyButler">@JimmyButler</a> max 5/$90-plus Mon, JB postponed meeting w/LAL, BOS, PHI, DAL. JB deciding how many yrs 2 sign w/CHI</p>&mdash; Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/615898983748235264">June 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Yeah? We'll see, won't we?

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">But all the latest signals continue to stress that both Jimmy Butler and Mike Dunleavy are HIGHLY likely to be back with the Bulls</p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/615883480950444032">June 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Report: Bulls have offered Jimmy Butler a maximum five-year, $90 million contract. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard">@Chris_Broussard</a>) <a href="http://t.co/a60F8WRAfk">pic.twitter.com/a60F8WRAfk</a></p>&mdash; NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/615908346978271232">June 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Dummies should have signed him last summer for less when they had the chance.

 

imo this is a waaaaaaaay over-priced deal. players like him are nickels and dimes, sort of. but it seems max contracts now are a lot easier than say 5-10 yrs ago to be had these days.

 

At least he will be on a deal he considers fair and the Bulls basically are calling him a franchise player. He's worth more than what he was going to sign for last year anyway, so this at least lets the Bulls have a happy player getting what he wants in salary.

 

in my mind, there's just no way butler is a legit franchise player.

from letting go thib to offering this deal to butler, feels like the bulls are on a wrong track...

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Jimmy Butler doesn't want a long term deal with Chicago just yet. He truly wants to go elsewhere but Chicago won't allow it.</p>&mdash; Mike Ortiz Jr. (@xOrtiz4x) <a href="https://twitter.com/xOrtiz4x/status/616077164937613312">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cont. Butler will most likely sign a 1-2 year deal with Chicago that could feature a player option.</p>&mdash; Mike Ortiz Jr. (@xOrtiz4x) <a href="https://twitter.com/xOrtiz4x/status/616077377446277120">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hearing Bulls swingman Jimmy Butler is leaning strongly toward taking the five-year, $90 mil max Chicago offered as opposed to shorter deal</p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/616248150144106496">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Confirming <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA">@WojYahooNBA</a> Tweet Dunleavy has verbally agreed to 3-year deal. And as reported late last night, Butler leaning to 5yr with PO.</p>&mdash; K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/616248961255387136">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Think again jimmy. Tis will always be rose team.

 

I certainly don't feel bad for Butler.

But since they royally screwed up by not giving him what he wanted last year, the Bulls have been smart this year.

Basically said Butler isn't going anywhere. I suspect they don't really want him to take the full 5 year and would be happy to sign a 3 year with him, but they had to offer the full 5 year in order to lock him up for at least three years.

If Butler signs a 1+1 type deal elsewhere, and the Bulls match, Butler is less tradeable, since he has the opt-out option.

At 3 years, he is tradeable, and once the cap goes up, very tradeable.

It's interesting that Butler is now considering taking the full 5 years.

He probably should negotiate a 3+1+1 offer, if that's possible... but the Bulls can of course just say no, go find that elsewhere... but who is going to sign Butler... nobody, they know the Bulls will match.

 

Bulls are my favorite EC team but I'll say it again: Rose and Butler have to make peace. Thibs couldn't/wouldn't address the problem and this is Hoiberg's #1 issue going into next season.

 

So much for that short term offer.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jimmy Butler, Chicago Bulls finalizing a five-year, $95M maximum contract with player option after four years, league sources tell Yahoo.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/616309687886090240">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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