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Should Jimmy Butler stay with Miami's young core or chase a ring with the Warriors?

The Golden State Warriors are making an offer, and the Miami Heat can’t refuse. All to bring in Jimmy Butler. They want to win the 5th championship for the franchise and Stephen Curry. Although the team does well, the plans to bring Butler could improve the team with two enticing 1backcourt players. Yet, the Miami assistant coach since 2020, Caron Butler, made a plea for Butler to stay.

In an exclusive interview with EssentiallySports, Caron understands the noise behind Butler’s move away from the franchise. The Heat have slowly put in a two-game winning streak. Yet, they lie 5th in the Eastern Conference with a 7-7 record. Caron Butler wants Jimmy to stay and points out a list of reasons as a potential deal-breaker. Oh, it’s interesting, you have to say!

After signing for the Miami Heat in 2019, the star made two NBA finals in the last five years. Yet, they lost against the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets, crushing Butler’s dreams. But don’t stress. There is a young core coming up in Miami. And Caron gave Butler his flowers by mentioning, “The reality is we have one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball on our team right now in Jimmy Butler.” 

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For sure, most people believe Butler has to prove more to be compared to the greats. Yet, he is a really unlucky player. When playoff time comes, Jimmy Butler activates his god mode. He is a special talent and Carson wants him to stay.

“We have a great young nucleus, we have Tyler Herro that’s playing lights out,” mentioned Carson Butler in an exclusive interview with EssentiallySports. In terms of Tyler Herro, he continues to shine for the franchise by averaging 23.8 points at an efficiency eFG% of 58.8. Talk about lights-out shooting. Moreover, more players can tempt him to stay.

Miami Heat assistant coach wants Jimmy Butler to stay!

If you look at the top 3 centers in the league, Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, and Karl-Anthony Towns come to mind. But Bam Adebayo has made a name for himself in the past five years. He often goes under the radar as Carson continued, “We have top 3 two-way centers in all of basketball in Bam Adebayo.” 

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Should Jimmy Butler stay with Miami's young core or chase a ring with the Warriors?

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The man can score, play tight interior defense, make plays, and be pretty mobile for a center. Butler and Adebayo have a telepathic connection, which causes issues for opposition teams. In the end, some young players come in to make plays.

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Carson Butler concluded to EssentiallySports, “We have rising stars in Jaime Jaquez. And you know, the youth movement of Kel’el Ware and Pelle Larsson and all these guys. So, that’s what we focus on. That’s the reality. We know what it could be but we also know what is. And we also have these young talents that we had to help. Just grew into their own.” 

Jaime Jaquez Jr. is 23, Kel’el Ware is 20 and Pelle Larsson is 23.

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These three are critical to the Miami Heat as they put in a good shift. Therefore, Butler has reasons to stay. With Stephen Curry getting into his late 30s, Butler’s chances of winning a title in Miami remain high.

Plus, Erik Spoelstra remains an underrated coach. So there are reasons to stay, Jimmy!

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