Sources: Butler will be Moreys main target this summer, and he feels fairly confident it will happen

LOL

In all seriousness, I wonder if he's heard that's what Philly is offering (4/146) because that ain't much more than what other teams can offer (4/140) and can absolutely see him leaving. (IF true)

 

Screaming A lol

 

You have to give the man credit for turning barbershop talk into a multimillion dollar career. Smith doesn't really know much but he's loud and entertaining.

 

it’s surprising to me too...they better get him or this will be embarrassing and a huge letdown

 

Morey doesn’t give a damn. I respect him.

 

Zach Lowe:

• Simmons is up for an extension, and that max deal could come fast once free agency starts, sources say.)

• The Heat could draw Butler's interest in the sign-and-trade market, sources say. (Houston, of course, has very loudly entered that market. Scoff if you want, but the last time Daryl Morey boasted of his capped-out team having something "up its sleeve," he pulled out Chris Paul.)

Houston needs a lot to line up. Philly has to cooperate, and the Sixers have little incentive to do so. Butler could force their hand by threatening to bolt to another team, but for that gambit to work, Philly has to actually care about Butler bolting to another team. What if they prefer that to taking back whatever players and picks Houston might send out? Houston has searched out third-party homes for Clint Capela, Eric Gordon, and P.J. Tucker, but why would such teams pay full freight when they know Houston has to make deals in the event they actually pull off the Butler acquisition? The Rockets have little leverage in those talks.

None of this even gets into base-year compensation, the perils of the hard cap that kicks in with any sign-and-trade, and whether dealing two or three good players for Butler actually makes Houston any better.

• As Shelburne and Windhorst noted, there have been whispers that Philly could loom as Horford's secret destination. The Sixers seem to like going extra big at every position; they do not like facing Horford in the playoffs. But they have no room for Horford unless Harris or Butler leaves.

 

Lol tell us something we don't know Zach Lowe!

 

"Philly has to actually care about Butler bolting to another team. What if they prefer that to taking back whatever players and picks Houston might send out?"

Because those are pretty damn good players maybe? And even if they don't like them they could still take back picks?

"Houston has searched out third-party homes for Clint Capela, Eric Gordon, and P.J. Tucker, but why would such teams pay full freight when they know Houston has to make deals in the event they actually pull off the Butler acquisition?"

Because those are pretty damn good players?

Seems to me Zach Lowe went full ESPN here...i wonder if the Mavs asked themselves three years ago "why would we want to take on Barnes and help the Warriors build the best team ever...which happens to be in our conference?". And i wonder if they asked the Warriors to also send them a 1st round pick along with Barnes since they knew the Warriors had to make deals in order to sign Durant...

 

are we still the favorites to land Butler?

with how this situation seems to be unlikely to so many, its interesting to see we were favorites at all

 

The opt in and trade works best for philly. Bc with the 20M trade exception they can use it got Horford and move Tobias to the 3

 

I mean, it’s not like they can go straight to Jimmy Butler and talk to him other than through players. And they can’t exactly tell Jimmy in person that they can make this all happen as long as he opts in. They basically have to do this publicly for it to all work.

Basically, this is the loophole around tampering...talk to a player through the media to get him to know what’s going down.

 

maybe morey wants all these butler rumors coming out to cause philly to go into panic mode. "forcing their hand" kinda thing?

 

This forum if we don’t get Butler....

It’s going to make the 2014 offseason seem like a paradise in heaven.

 

You ain't bullsh***in'.

 

I don't even remember the 2014 offseason?

It's gonna be hard to do worse than last summer.

 

Oh you have no idea.

Butler stays in Philadelphia or goes to the Clippers with someone like Leonard....

Capela and Gordon ask to be traded.... rumors leak Harden wants to leave.

MDA gets passive aggressive like he was in Phoenix and starts blaming loses on the roster.

Tillman is so angry he didn’t get his star, that he signs Rondo and calls him a star and has some mafia goon hit CP3’s knee so he can get the insurance money.

Morey turns aneroxic from only eating avocado toast.

It can get worse brother.

 

Oh my goodness, when we let Parsons go for Ariza this place went bonkers. It was right after Bosh screwed us.