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Sources: Jimmy Butler to Seek Shorter-Term Offers

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Updated 2 years ago on October 15, 2021 • 1 min read

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Chicago Bulls restricted free-agent guard Jimmy Butler has plans to pursue shorter-term offer sheets this summer, resisting the Bulls’ initial plans to offer him a five-year, maximum contract extension, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

As the NBA’s salary cap is set to dramatically rise beginning with the 2016-17 season, Butler has become far less interested in locking himself into the five-year, $90 million-plus deal the Bulls are expected to present him on July 1, league sources said.

Source: Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports

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