According to ESPN, the Miami Heat have no interest in taking Bradley Beal’s contract when discussing the possibility of Jimmy Butler trade talks with the Phoenix Suns.

If Phoenix wants to acquire Butler, they must find a third team. This would be to eliminate Beal’s massive contract, in which he is owed $110 million over the next two seasons and has a no-trade clause attached.

Miami is an apron team, so they can’t take back more salary in a deal. For them, this is going to make their lives more complicated in trading the talented veteran.

For the Suns, Mat Ishbia and James Jones will have to act fast if they want him, as Pat Riley wants Butler gone “as soon as possible.”

There is still a wide range of teams who want Butler. As a side note, the Heat has suspended the 35-year-old for seven games due to misconduct and how he’s handled this situation the past couple of weeks.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, not even a new extension worth a lot of money could convince Jimmy Butler to stay with the Miami Heat.

This “feud” has been growing for months, with tensions reaching a point where nothing can heal it.

“From my understanding, even if the Heat were to offer him an extension right now, that’s not something he wants to do,” said Charania. “That’s not something he would do. The last straw really came after Wednesday night’s game against New Orleans. A victory where in the 24 hours after, from what I understand, the Heat made implication to people around Jimmy Butler that he wasn’t playing his hardest. What we saw transfer last in the postgame was essentially his reaction to that.”

Butler has made it clear that he wants to play anywhere else that isn’t Pat Riley’s team. He was supposed to give a list of teams he would play for, but never submitted it.

Riley was asked by the veteran talent to get more quality players in a Heat jersey, but it never came to reality. This was seen with the likes of Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday, and Kyrie Irving.

Teams like the Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, and Dallas Mavericks have shown interest in acquiring the 35-year-old.

According to the Miami Heat, they have no interest in trading away their superstar player. Pat Riley, who usually doesn’t do this, has had enough of these rumors and put them to bed.

“We usually don’t comment on rumors, but all this speculation has become a distraction to the team and is not fair to the players and coaches,” said Riley. “Therefore, we will make it clear – We are not trading Jimmy Butler.”

On Christmas Day, ESPN’s Shams Charania said Butler wanted to be traded by this upcoming season’s trade deadline. This speculation has grown since Charania and Butler’s agent were online feuding.

Trade rumors and reports have risen since Miami decided not to extend the veteran last offseason.

For right now, Riley says the Heat will not be trading Butler. Essentially saying people like Shams are completely wrong and will remain loyal to the 35-year-old for at least through this season.