Kyrie Irving will not agree to a contract extension this offseason because he’ll make a lot more money (provided he’s healthy this year) by waiting till next summer. That’s just math. Same rules apply for Jimmy Butler. They have all their options available to them next year so it is natural for them to consider everything.
Recent reports indicate that those two players would like to team up to play together.
A league source close to the situation told the Sun-Times on Tuesday that Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving and former Bulls All-Star Jimmy Butler — who’s been playing with the Timberwolves since a draft-night trade in 2017 — are still trying to figure out a way to play together.