3 Jimmy Butler trade ideas to shake up the Miami Heat this summer

Jimmy Butler goes home

The Houston Rockets are facing pressure from ownership to make the playoffs next season. After a late push and nearly making the play-in tournament this season, they could see themselves as a veteran piece away from being a playoff team.

Trading for Butler, a Houston native, could make sense. The Rockets’ best players are still on their rookie-scale deals, so paying Butler would be less painful, and they have the contracts to send out in a trade.

The Heat could get back helpful veteran players like Dillon Brooks and Steven Adams, and a young player to help build around Bam Adebayo.