What trades are league insiders expecting from the Warriors, Lakers, Heat and other potentially active teams? Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst have the latest intel.
With the majority of the contracts signed this summer becoming trade eligible on Dec. 15 -- most others become eligible on Jan. 15 -- the first two weeks of December are the typical line of demarcation for teams to begin making calls to get a sense of the trade landscape.
Warriors owner Joe Lacob still has an affinity for Kuminga, league sources told ESPN, even as Kerr seems to run hot and cold with him. But a strong message came this fall when Kuminga and the team didn't agree to a contract extension. The sides never got particularly close, sources said, which made it clear that Golden State's belief in his future had its limits, at least for now.
Miami, like just about every team, is focused on the new financial realities of life under the current collective bargaining agreement -- in terms of both the repeater tax and the hefty price it will hit teams with, as well as the draconian team-building penalties that come with venturing north of the second luxury tax apron.
Teams who might have interest in engaging the Heat to see what it might take to get Butler would need to get a feel of what Butler might be looking for in a new contract. Otherwise they'd run the same risk as the Heat, and it could affect the package they'd be willing to offer. There's also the possibility a team would be willing to look at Butler as a rental player, though that would affect the return the Heat could seek if they decided to trade him under those terms.
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