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Jimmy Butler has been disappointed with the Miami Heat primarily because the team declined to give him a two-year, $113 million contract extension this past summer, sources tell the Miami Herald. Butler was open to signing a deal early in the negotiating window, but his mindset changed when it wasn't immediately offered.

The Heat could change their mind and still offer Butler the extension, but there is no indication that the team will do so.

Butler is limited to the maximum of a two-year extension because the over-38 rule does not allow him to sign a new contract that would take him past the next three years.

Butler was also caught off guard by how Pat Riley challenged him during his news conference after the Heat were eliminated in the playoffs. 

According to a source, Butler was also disappointed that the Heat did not publicly deny a Dec. 10 ESPN report that Miami was open to trading him.

Via Barry Jackson, Anthony Chiang/Miami Herald

He's so high maintenance.

ontnut wrote:He's so high maintenance.

age 35, the end is nigh

He'll either adjust his attitude/availability and pair with a desperate team (like Kyrie in Dallas) OR his salary/role etc will be affected

(and reduced contract/role may already happen if he opts out in June, regardless of any changes. 6 months isn't a huge sample size)

Butler has size working to his advantage -- something smaller guards like Marbury and Iverson couldn't lean on late-career (both were done years younger than Butler is now)

Smart move by Miami, he is on the wrong side of 30, now flip him for assets.