If the Heat can’t find a dance partner, they are +225 to hang onto Butler, the second-favorite to employ Butler after the Feb. 6 trade deadline. Betting odds on next team for a given player is an imperfect way of identifying a market for players.

Jimmy Butler has requested a trade from the Miami Heat, and a surprising team is favored to be his next team. DraftKings listed odds on Butler’s next team if he is traded, and they had the Memphis Grizzlies as the most likely team to pull off a deal.

Can the Bucks actually pursue Jimmy Butler before the trade deadline? This 5-team deal including the Lakers is just crazy enough to work.

A: Because Memphis already has Ja Morant, Demond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr. locked into big deals, and that is not a market able to necessarily support a fourth major contract, should that be/remain Jimmy Butler’s priority in any relocation.

Butler has officially asked out of Miami, and there is a rising favorite. Where could he land before the NBA trade deadline? See what the odds say.

ESPN's Bobby Marks proposed a three-team trade that would see Jimmy Butler heading to the Milwaukee Bucks to form a new Big Three.

The Miami Heat have "not been presented with an appealing offer" to trade Jimmy Butler and expect the suspended star to rejoin the team in a week

The Jimmy Butler sweepstakes are being hard-fought by many teams. Butler reportedly listed three organizations he would like to join if traded. Those teams included the Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns.

Jimmy Butler has reportedly picked his preferred destination, but it seems like it won't be easy for him to be traded there.

Jimmy Butler has a history of being a distraction or a detriment to a team when he doesn't get what he wants. As NBA analyst Jason Timpf said, trading him will be very difficult.