Some Heat notes on a Friday:
u25aa The view here is that the Heat is showing smart restraint by not succumbing to Minnesota’s immense compensation demands for Minnesota’s Jimmy Butler.
As ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe reported, Minnesota is seeking “quality veterans, top prospects, future assets and salary-cap relief, which is presently too steep of a package for interested teams” and as of Thursday, “there has been no team close to willing to meet Thibodeau’s massive return for a Butler deal. “
The Heat cannot offer cap relief, and it’s prudent not to offer a package includes many of their top assets (Josh Richardson, Goran Dragic, Justise Winslow Bam Adebayo, Kelly Olynyk).