Jimmy Butler was doubtless messing round, however followers had motive to suppose he wasn’t.
After P.J. Tucker spurned the Warmth to affix Butler’s former operating mates in Philadelphia, Butler took to Instagram to seemingly specific his displeasure with the transfer, writing: “f–okay you and @joelembiid yeah I introduced him into this (shrug shoulders emoji).”
Butler might have been joking. Nevertheless, his rift with the 76ers group is well-documented. The six-time NBA All-Star performed one eventful season in Philadelphia after being acquired from the Timberwolves in November 2018; that 12 months, the proficient 76ers dropped a seven-game collection to the eventual champions, the Raptors, within the Japanese Convention semifinals.
That offseason, Philadelphia shipped its star guard to South Seaside in a sign-and-trade; the 76ers basically elected to maintain Tobias Harris over Butler, re-signing Harris to a five-year, $180 million contract.
And Butler is but to neglect that, brazenly mocking the choice after the Warmth eradicated the 76ers on this 12 months’s NBA playoffs. On his manner again to the locker room, Butler shouted: “Tobias Harris over me?”
Butler and Embiid, although, had appeared to stay on good phrases regardless of the dysfunction. After that very same recreation, Butler raved about Embiid, saying he “loves him” and wishing “that I used to be on his workforce.”
Embiid, too, reciprocated the sentiment, telling reporters: “I nonetheless don’t understand how we let him go.”
Since his departure, Butler has criticized the 76ers group at almost each flip; in 2020, he informed J.J. Redick that he “didn’t know what the f–okay to count on” at any time with Brett Brown serving as coach.
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