NBA trade deadline 2025 - 10 players to watch until Feb. 6 - ESPN

All-NBA honors handed out after the regular season come with a trophy, or in the case of some superstars, a significant increase in salary.

Our first All-Trade Buzz team — ESPN's look at 10 players league scouts and executives are watching closely with trade season underway — comes with weeks of speculation leading up to the Feb. 6 deadline.

Guard Dennis Schroder, who had headlined our list, was the player named most by NBA decision-makers — and for good reason. He was traded Sunday to the Golden State Warriors for De'Anthony Melton and three future second-round picks.

But don't count on all these players getting moved. The stringent trade rules in the new collective bargaining agreement — for example, nearly a third of the league's franchises are not allowed to take back additional salary in deals — could make it difficult for teams to acquire higher-paid players.

With the deadline less than two months away, let's examine the players on our All-Trade team and what lies ahead for each star in 2024-25.

Jimmy Butler, G
Miami Heat

Current deal: Butler has two years remaining on his contract, $48.8 million this season and a $52.4 million player option in 2025-26. He has a 15% trade bonus that is valued at $407,000.

Out of the list of trade candidates, Butler's future is the most interesting.

ESPN's Shams Charania reported Tuesday that, barring a change, Butler will decline the option and become a free agent in the summer. He then would be able to sign a two-year, $113 million extension with the Heat until June 30.

Butler's market in free agency could be close to nonexistent. Out of the teams with projected cap space, only the rebuilding Nets have more than $40 million. Butler could opt in to his contract in the offseason and