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Anonymous NBA executives think Jimmy Butler will sign with the Lakers or Nets this summer

The Los Angeles Lakers have spent an entire season fielding speculation about which superstar might want to link up with LeBron James in free agency this summer. With only four games between now and the end of the season, the time is just about here to finally answer quite possibly one of the biggest questions in the entire NBA.

Howard Beck of Bleacher Report rounded up a few rumors with some of this summer’s biggest names (no, not for appearances in Space Jam 2), and one in particular has been tied to the Lakers a few times now:

Rival executives will tell you, without hesitation, that Durant is bound for the Knicks; that Irving is likely to join him; that Leonard likes the Clippers; that Butler might choose the Lakers—unless he chooses the Nets.