So... is Jimmy Butler available now?

[Eastoff]

In light of his argument with Coach Spoelstra, would you gamble on Jimmy Butler for a decent price?

 

[Sheldon Shape]

In light of his argument with Coach Spoelstra, would you gamble on Jimmy Butler for a decent price?

Of course.

 

[HansenYang]

Not sure he's available.

But Jimmy would be FANTASTIC next to Dame. We should have been serious about trading for him 6 year ago (when Bulls traded him)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

In light of his argument with Coach Spoelstra, would you gamble on Jimmy Butler for a decent price?

YES!

 

[Tweak]

Spo was pissed.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Spo was pissed.

Spo should have kicked him out of the game.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

What happened? Did he get benched or something?

 

[Cugel]

I wish

 

[Eastoff]

What happened? Did he get benched or something?

Supposedly Jimmy's work ethic was questioned and he told spo to go fuck himself.

 

[Pinwheel1]

We are talking about Jimmy Butler.......so this was pretty much inevitable.
The question is what would we give up for essentially 2 years of good Jimmy and two years of bad Jimmy while he makes 50 mil per year in his mid-30s.

 

[DDolla]

During the time out:
Jimmy: I need Rachel Nichols back to ESPN
SPO: Who?
Jimmy: Rachel Nichols
SPO: Get your mind back in the game, we are not in the Bubble.

 

[calvin natt]

No. Bad dude.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Yes!

 

[THE HCP]

We could have got Butler for Norm/RoCo and CJ.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

No. They will keep him. They can handle some chaos; most other teams can't so he he has more value to them than he would to trade partners.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

BTW, i would like to get the Houston game threads back to the front page but they were set up to not accept replies, so it's difficult.......

 

[Natebishop3]

How does that saying go?

“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.”

 

[MickZagger]

My favorite part is Udonis Haslem getting restrained as he’s telling Butler he’s going to beat his ass. Old vet has coaches back

 

[SlyPokerDog]

We could have got Butler for Norm/RoCo and CJ.

Link?

I would have made that deal.

Listen, you start giving these GMs my phone number.

 

[Chris Craig]

BTW, i would like to get the Houston game threads back to the front page but they were set up to not accept replies, so it's difficult.......

Fixed it.

Fridays game is on the front page. I'll move Saturdays later.

 

[Chris Craig]

Why trade for him? Do you think his work ethic is going to suddenly change?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Why trade for him? Do you think his work ethic is going to suddenly change?

I think it's worth seeing if Billups and Lillard can get through to him.

 

[Wade Garrett]

No.
Jimmy Butler is not now available, and will not be because of last nights issue.
This is Miami's M.O., it's what they do.
Things in Miami, are most likely all back to normal.
Next.

 

[handiman]

When did Butler's work ethic become an issue? He's obviously had attitude problems, but his thing was always his teammates being unwilling to work as hard as him.

 

[Pinwheel1]

When did Butler's work ethic become an issue? He's obviously had attitude problems, but his thing was always his teammates being unwilling to work as hard as him.

Probably an ego thing. My guess is he was not playing as hard as Spoelstra wanted him to in that game, and he felt that he was above being called out.

 

[handiman]

Probably an ego thing. My guess is he was not playing as hard as Spoelstra wanted him to in that game, and he felt that he was above being called out.

Could be. The video looks like a "war of words" situation, but that could have resulted from him mailing it in that game or something.

 

[calvin natt]

Jimmy Butler is a great player but that’s it. Not a good teammate, not always coachable, blames others, no thanks.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I'd sooner have Spoelstra if Miami has to choose:

 

[Cugel]

I agree Butler has issues but I would still take him. At this point assembling a contending roster is long shot. A really long long shot, so personalities may have to take a back seat.

 

[Hoopguru]

I agree Butler has issues but I would still take him. At this point assembling a contending roster is long shot. A really long long shot, so personalities may have to take a back seat.

Yeah, if this team had an opportunity to acquire Butler to couple with Dame they'd be remise not too, do so. He would be fine with Dame & Hart, also tough as nails hard worker.