Jimmy Butler Rumors

Q. Jeff Teague on this podcast said that before you had your 50, you went into the locker room and you said you were going to drop 50. Derrick Rose: That's a fact. I asked was he playing? I seen Jimmy Butler wasn't playing and I said it, bro. Q. What was going through your mind? What made you feed off the energy to say, ‘Man, I'm going for this sh*t there.’ Derrick Rose: Like I said, Jimmy wasn't playing and Jeff wasn't playing. That meant that's 20 something shots. I'm going off field goal attempts. That's 20 shots I could get up. If I do my thing and I make majority of this, I can keep shooting. And that's what happened.

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With an NBA source confirming to the Sun Sentinel that the Heat’s plan at the moment is to move forward with Andrew Wiggins for training camp, Erik Spoelstra spoke of how the goal is getting Wiggins in a comfort zone. “I think there’s still real opportunity for growth with him as he gets comfortable with us,” Spoelstra said, with Wiggins acquired in the Feb. 6 deal at the NBA training deadline that sent Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors. “He’s already down in Miami right now and will be bringing his family in. He’s going to be here most of August and September, I think just to get more acclimated. And I think that’s really important for him.”

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Pretty high praise, right? Well George wasn't done. No, he took things a step forward, noting that Edgecombe has “that dog in him” in a way reminiscent of another 76ers legend: Jimmy Butler. “He got that dog in him. Watching him, it was like watching a young Jimmy,” George declared. “He moves like Jimmy. Kind of has that mid-range tenacity. He's kind of got a lot of the Jimmy likeness to him, so he's definitely going to be good.”

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Sirius XM NBA Radio: "There was a trade - I'm talking a long time ago - Khris Middleton for Jimmy Butler swap – Giannis was like ‘nah we’re not doing that’ – that was only time I ever saw him stand up and say something” @Johnhenson31 gives insight to @worldwidewob & @adaniels33 about Giannis and the team’s front office.

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Shams Charania: Dennis Schroeder used the momentum of his strong second half and playoff finish with the Pistons after being involved in the complicated Golden State-Miami Jimmy Butler trade to land this $45M deal in Sacramento.

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Vincent Goodwill: I don't think I'm breaking news here, but in the middle of the whole Jimmy Butler saga last year, one name that multiple league sources had brought up to me was, ‘Hey, you might want to check on Ja Morant and Miami.’ I didn’t understand the iterations of it and I thought ‘This was gonna be a really complicated trade (A) because of Jimmy’s extension (B) because of Ja’s long money, and there was iterations of Ja and Desmond Bane being shipped out, which sounds like it could be true given Desmond Bane was just traded yesterday.

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I wouldn't, however, expect the Grizzlies to suddenly thrust themselves into the Kevin Durant sweepstakes. The Stein Line, as of Friday evening, was directly told that Memphis wasn't pursuing Durant. Could that change with this new influx of draft capital? Especially since the haul Kleiman took in for Bane includes the Suns' own 2026 first-rounder. Some will undoubtedly make that leap … but remember: Memphis was wary of trading for Jimmy Butler in February, sources say, because it knew Butler had no interest in signing a contract extension with the Grizzlies. San Antonio, Houston and Miami are the only three teams known to be on Durant's wish list for signing an extension as part of a trade this month.

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Anthony Chiang: Jimmy Butler and Kevin Durant apparently were at the same recent PSG event in LA. So there's that ...

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Kellan Olson: TJ McConnell is the first player to have at least 5 steals in the Finals since Jimmy Butler in 2020, per @Stathead.

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A consortium of sport and entertainment executives, which includes the NBA star Jimmy Butler, is expected to make an offer in excess of $200million to purchase Eagle Football’s 43 per cent stake in Premier League soccer club Crystal Palace, sources briefed on the proposed deal have told The Athletic.

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Baron Davis feels the key to the Golden State Warriors unlocking their potential is by adding an “athletic big.” The Warriors turned their season around following the Jimmy Butler trade, with the six-time All-Star helping revive Golden State’s season. The team was 25-26 at the time of the Butler acquisition and then went 23-8 in the ensuing 31 games. Butler’s arrival paved the way for the Warriors to win their first round series and advance to the second round. If not for a Stephen Curry injury that sidelined him for the last four games of the season, the Warriors’ playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves may have looked a lot different, says Davis. “They’re solid contenders now,” the former Warriors star told Basketball Insiders in an exclusive interview. “Steph getting hurt in that series kind of really derailed them and their momentum. But having Jimmy now playing that Robin character to Steph, it just gives you a different flow. Defenses are geared towards Steph, and now having Jimmy — who knows how to get a bucket, how to get to the free throw line — the Warriors can play (many different styles).”

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If Durant is traded, he will be allowed to sign a two-year, $111 million extension right away with his new team, or the same two-year, $124 million extension he could sign with Phoenix but six months after the trade. What to expect: Similar to the end of Jimmy Butler III's tenure with the Miami Heat, Durant signs a two-year, $111 million extension with Phoenix and is then traded.

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ClutchPoints: Jimmy Butler fell of out his seat when a magician scared him with a fake snake 🤣🐍 (via @JimmyButler / IG)

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Steve Kerr: It’s a tricky one because Jonathan Kuminga obviously is gifted and wants to play a bigger role and wants to play more. And for me, I’ve been asked to win. And right now, he’s not a guy who I can say I’m going to play 38 minutes with the roster that we have — Steph and Jimmy and Draymond — and put the puzzle together that way and expect to win.

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