“The caveat is that Beal can scuttle any trade, as he's one of only two NBA players with official no-trade clauses. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is the other.”

If the Heat keeps Butler past Feb. 6 and he opts out, Miami could either use a $14 million midlevel exception and a $5.1 million bi-annual exception or use about $13 million in cap space (which swells to $23 million if Robinson is released early this summer).