Would you give Ringless, injury prone 36 year old Jimmy Butler a 3 year $180 million extension? Thats the whole beef.
I wouldn’t give it. He barely plays in the regular season. We finished as a 7 seed last year mostly because of him being a part timer and when he actually plays he would coast in the regular season to save his body for the playoffs. Then gets injured in the play in tournament that we don’t even need to be in…
But I see Jimmy point of view. For a team that Riley still believes is a contender and can compete with andBeat Boston, he wants 35 year old Jimmy to further break his body down to drag the team to another finals. No sight of any other star help coming soon so if they aren’t gonna pay a star to help then pay him.