Suddenly teams are calling about players that were previously thought untouchable because, hey, stranger things literally just happened. One of the big names who has been actively trying to get moved for months now is Jimmy Butler.

Now, NBA insiders Jake Fischer and Marc Stein laid out a three-team blockbuster deal that has a ton of moving parts. “One reason for the significant uptick in Durant chatter, sources said, is that trading him appears to be the only way for Phoenix to acquire Miami’s Jimmy Butler before Thursday’s deadline," Fischer and Stein wrote via Substack.