“This is virtually the only way to make it happen (Butler to the Heat for Klay Thompson, PJ Washington, Daniel Gafford, Dwight Powell, and a 2025 first-round pick), and the Mavs would be completely gutting their depth and losing some key players in the process.”

It looks like the Golden State Warriors might prefer the $20 million player over Jimmy Butler, who is on the verge of a Miami Heat exit.

The Golden State Warriors have consistently been linked with a potential trade for Jimmy Butler in recent weeks. However, since Butler handed in a trade request to the Miami Heat, the Warriors have been rumored to be pulling away.

Miami is being patient while Butler is suspended, knowing that other teams will start to get desperate near the trade deadline.

On the "Dubs Talk' podcast, Kerith Burke and Dalton Johnson discuss the likelihood of Miami Heat All-Star Jimmy Butler coming to the Golden State Warriors ahead of the NBA Trade Deadline.Dubs Talk: Jimmy Butler potentially headed to the Warriors?

The Miami Heat were at Chase Center on Tuesday night. Jimmy Butler wasn’t. The temperamental superstar’s feud with his organization reached a boiling point in recent days, with Butler’s demands to be traded resulting in a suspension handed down by the team that just so happened to coincide with its six-game swing up and down the West Coast.

Jimmy Butler's departure from the Miami Heat is imminent... so why won't the Golden State Warriors be entering the sweepstakes?

Despite the Miami Heat’s ongoing trade efforts involving Jimmy Butler, the NBA market has been surprisingly quiet, according to Barry Jackson and Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald.