Betting on Jimmy Butler’s subsequent crew: Will the star guard keep in Miami previous the commerce deadline?

Last week, Miami Heat crew president Pat Riley stated in a press release that six-time All-Star Jimmy Butler will stay in Miami for the foreseeable future.

“We’re not buying and selling Jimmy Butler,” had been Riley’s precise phrases.

Apparently, bookmakers do not care a lot about declarations.

Despite Riley’s stance, DraftKings Sportsbook posted odds for Butler’s subsequent crew after the Feb. 6 commerce deadline. Let’s check out these odds as of December twenty ninth.

The subsequent common season minute performed after the commerce deadline will likely be for which NBA crew?

Heat: -300 (wager $10 to win $13.33 whole)
Warriors: +500 (wager $10 to win $60 whole)
Rockets: +650 (wager $10 to win $75 whole)
Suns: +700 (wager $10 to win $80 whole)
Mavericks: +2000 (wager $10 to win $210 whole)
Pistons: +3000 (wager $10 to win $310 whole)
Re: +3000 (wager $10 to win $310 whole)
Lakers: +3000 (wager $10 to win $310 whole)

Riley’s assertion comes on the heels of a latest report from ESPN that Butler prefers to be traded earlier than the Feb. 6 deadline, with the Warriors and Suns high of his most popular locations.

Butler, 35, has not taken the ground for Miami since Dec. 20 as he offers with an ankle harm and sickness, in response to the crew.

Butler is in his sixth season with the Heat and has led Miami to the NBA Finals twice. The Heat misplaced to the Lakers in 2019-20 after which to the Nuggets in 2022-23.

The oddsmakers appear to have at the least paid consideration to what Riley needed to say, as ButIer is favored to remain in Miami. But if he had been to in the end be traded, 4 Western Conference groups have the bottom odds to land his companies, highlighted by the Warriors, who’re second within the decide.

The Heat are presently in seventh place within the Eastern Conference standings. Meanwhile, the Warriors are tenth within the West, having gone 4-12 of their final 16 video games.

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