Jimmy Butler wants to be traded to the Nets. Or the Knicks. Or the Clippers. Or presumably anywhere else he can a) sign a max contract extension, b) compete for a championship, and c) lure a second max salary player, possibly free agent-to-be Kyrie Irving.
Brooklyn should be flattered a star of Butler’s caliber wants to play for them, and ecstatic at the prospect of landing two of the biggest fish on the market in the summer of 2019. But the Nets should should stay away from this deal altogether.