Erik Spoelstra's blunt Jimmy Butler message amid Heat trade rumors: 'We want Jimmy here'
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The trade speculation around Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler has intensified with the latest report from Shams Charania of ESPN saying that the forward prefers to be dealt by the Feb. 6 deadline. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about the trade rumors surrounding Butler to say straight up that “we want Jimmy here” according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.
"That's just the deal," Spoelstra said Thursday morning at shootaround before Miami takes on the Orlando Magic. "You have to compartmentalize in this business. We want Jimmy here. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it. And it's just unfortunate that you have to control or deal with a lot of the noise on the outside. In terms of this morning, this was a pretty focused group coming off of the last game that we came [to Orlando]."
"That's all I'm going to talk about it," Spoelstra continued. "The more any of us talk about it, the more fuel it gets. It's just really unfortunate that it just continues to build momentum outside of our building."
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