Jimmy Butler TRADED TO WARRIORS; Kyle Kuzma to Bucks for Khris Middleton | NBA Trade Deadline

In yet another EMERGENCY TRADE REACTION edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to react to Jimmy Butler being traded to the Golden State Warriors in a trade package for Andrew Wiggins, Dennis Schroder, Kyle Anderson and a first round pick.
They also discuss Kyle Kuzma for Khris Middleton and AJ Johnson, Jonas Valanciunas to Sacramento deal & Caleb Martin to Dallas for Quentin Grimes & several others deals that have happened, as well as what could still happen before Thursday's NBA Trade Deadline.
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Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.

[@tom4life2001]

What do you think of a DeRozan for Wiggins trade, Sam? DeRozan helps MIA offense and has the contract length they want. Kings get a 3-and-D wing player to play fast paced and matches SAC player timeline.

[@Jaywrites23]

Why would Miami do that? Seems lateral at best, and not with their timeline at worst

[@grimlockthethrasher1]

Id love that for Sacramento

[@tom4life2001]

@ need a go-to scorer and contract expires in 2026 so they could be a player in free agency

[@will57305]

Derozan isn't enough of an improvement on offense to justify the massive downgrade on defense

[@thmscrmp]

Get well soon

[@Joe-bj3yp]

Being that you're more familiar w/ Houston and its roster dynamics than any of the casual national voices, do you think a KD trade makes sense for them? Bonafide scoring punch they need and he has long standing connections w their staff, namely Ivey. What would it cost?

[@94mikless]

Ehi Sam, can you do a Nikola Jovic breakdown? He's having a nice stretch lately

[@Burpz-Durpz]

4 Team trade -Raptors side fell through i geuss Slow Mo stays in Miami?

[@ShowtimeZbo]

You guys need time tags

[@Lord_of_Scars]

Hey Sam, could phoenix get Nick Claxton, do you think? Does it work for Nurk and a first round?

[@will57305]

Claxton makes too much. They can't take back more money then they send out via trade nor aggregate salaries. So it would require sending out one of their big contracts.

[@Lord_of_Scars]

@will57305 what's Claxton on?