Jimmy Butler’s agent goes scorched earth on Shams Charania
Jimmy Butler’s agent is firing back at what he calls “bulls–t” reports about teams that the Heat star would be willing to be traded to this season.
Agent Bernie Lee posted a string of posts on X in response to a report by ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania that indicated that the agent had been hinting in league circles that Butler would be willing to go to the Suns as the Heat listened to trade offers.
Dallas, Houston and Golden State were also named in the Charania report, but Lee shot down the notion that anything in the story was true.
He also called out the well-known NBA insider in the process.
“Alright listen,” Lee wrote in his first response. “I gave you a pass yesterday because I was busy but if you don’t stop putting my name on your complete and utter madeup bulls–t because you know you normally aren’t worth my time to acknowledge.”
Lee continued to push back in a second post on X.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do because I’m a middle aged dad but just know it would indicate severe dislike,” he wrote. “World… all this is fabricated. I have never and honestly it wouldn’t help me or the position I represent to do anything that’s been reported by said ‘journalist.’”
Charania reported on Tuesday that the Heat were listening to offers for Butler and that they would make a deal if the price were right.
The reporter also noted that a source had told him that Lee had been hinting around NBA circles about Butler’s preferred destinations, which included Houston, Dallas, and Golden State and later added Phoenix.
In his final post on X on the matter, Lee seemed to take another swipe at Charania.
earlier in the season. NBAE via Getty Images
“Shams this is your opportunity to say my bad ‘I let chat GPT write my tweets and it went old school Peter Vecsey.’ (Shams Peter was a writer in the 90’s) be a trend setter.. invent the new I was hacked. Carry on all. Thank you,” Lee wrote.
The Miami Herald reported Wednesday night that Butler has not asked for a trade and the Heat have not been aggressively looking for deals for the star.
The Nets, The Post’s Brian Lewis reported, aren’t believed to be interested in bringing Butler to Brooklyn.
Butler has a $52 million player option for the 2025-26 season, and it was previously reported that he intended to decline it to enter free agency.
Butler intends to sign a max contract with the Heat or another team this offseason, the Herald reported.