Jimmy Butler's 76ers Days Officially Over?

Mamba Mentality · Post #81 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Fri May 17, 2019 2:59 pm

1) Why would he post a farewell on IG weeks in advance?

2) Wouldn't publicly declaring that he doesn't want to stay with the Sixers be a good way to destroy his negotiating leverage with other teams?

This is a whole lot of nothing. Classic Jimmy Butler troll post.

DaddyCool19 · Post #82 » by **DaddyCool19** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:00 pm

No way would he say goodbye on instagram 6 weeks before thr free agency starts.

vxmike · Post #83 » by **vxmike** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:05 pm

PharmD wrote:I'd be happy to give Jimmy a 4-year 5% raise max. A 5-year 8% raise max, not so much. In year 5 he would be making $44M at age 34 on a body that racks up a ton of injuries.

Philly’s gonna be on the next re-build in five years anyways, so you gotta go all-in now. Embiid’s body won’t likely last him a full career.

Jordan45822 · Post #84 » by **Jordan45822** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:11 pm

Looks like a troll attempt to me.

Butler & Leonard to Clippers or both stay in their respective teams is what will happen

PhilBlackson · Post #85 » by **PhilBlackson** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:26 pm

Wtf?! lol

At best this is simply applying pressure on Brand to offer the max. There's no way he's "officially" gone without knowing his market or offers first.

Johnny Bball · Post #86 » by **Johnny Bball** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:28 pm

If Jimmy moves to another team... he's just the biggest jerk ever. He's never happy and what haven't they tried to do for him.

Shaka_Zulu · Post #87 » by **Shaka_Zulu** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:38 pm

sule wrote:Pelicans.

Renounce all restricted FA's.

Get Zion with 1st. And use both 2nd rounders on Luguentz Dort and Miye Oni.

Then stretch Solomon Hill.

Let Randle go.

Sign Jimmy Butler to max or whatever they can give him. And round out the roster with the best and cheapest shooters available.

Jrue Holiday/E'twaun Moore/Jimmy Butler/Zion Wiiliamson/Anthony Davis

This exactly what I did in 2K recently and it's such a fun and insanely defensively strong team lol.

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Post #88 » by **Sixerscan** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:40 pm

Lot of ways to interpret this, wouldn't say ruling out the team is one of them. Even if he wanted out he'd still want the perception of returning there as a negotiation ploy for other teams.

I think the most straight forward way to interpret this is that he enjoyed his time in Philadelphia. Feeling was mutual I think. We'll see how the summer goes.

pootbrah · Post #89 » by **pootbrah** » Fri May 17, 2019 9:09 pm

I do not take his post as he's leaving in the slightest lol. That said I hope he does. He needs/I want him to be the superstar of a team.

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RoyceDa59 · Post #90 » by **RoyceDa59** » Sat May 18, 2019 5:41 am

Butler is one of the only main FA’s who I don’t think is a risk going somewhere else. That’s of course assuming he’s offered the max.

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76ciology · Post #91 » by **76ciology** » Sat May 18, 2019 5:56 am

Jimmy’s just trying to get the spotlight because he knows people will be talking about the top tier FAs like KD, Kyrie and Kawhi once the season is over.

DusterBuster · Post #92 » by **DusterBuster** » Sat May 18, 2019 6:27 am

Johnny Bball wrote:If Jimmy moves to another team... he's just the biggest jerk ever. He's never happy and what haven't they tried to do for him.

I mean, he does seem like a dude who's never really happy, but him going to another team doesn't make him the biggest jerk ever. He's a FA, if he wants to go somewhere else, that's his prerogative and maybe he can make more money on another team because Philly may not want to pay him the max? Lots goes into why a guy moves from one team to another.

MyBoyBlu · Post #93 » by **MyBoyBlu** » Sat May 18, 2019 6:52 am

Its a pretty simple scenario for both Tobias and Jimmy. Off the max they stay, offer less than that THEY GONE

KingFox · Post #94 » by **KingFox** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:36 pm

When will Portland have some capspace? They desperately need a Butler kind of guy

Hell, Houston too.

mr570 · Post #95 » by **mr570** » Sat May 18, 2019 2:17 pm

GeorgeMarcus wrote:
BigCuz wrote:He’s not worth anyone’s Max

He is though. Super underrated

Would max the f*k out of Jimmy.

Soulyss · Post #96 » by **Soulyss** » Sat May 18, 2019 2:23 pm

reload141 wrote:Jimmy is a pretty big douche/troll.... of course he'd post something like this.

He belongs on the Lakers... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Lebrony and Jimmy... OMG the drama... :lol:

DowJones · Post #97 » by **DowJones** » Sat May 18, 2019 3:11 pm

Meh, if he goes then they keep Tobias and he has an expanded role. Not a big difference either way.

Philly's fate as a true contender rests on the shoulders of Ben Simmons. Simmons needs to develop a reliable outside shot. Until that happens, Philly is more of a pretender.

Catchall · Post #98 » by **Catchall** » Sun May 19, 2019 12:53 am

Rumor around the league is that he wants to go to the Lakers, but is open to Brooklyn.

marcush · Post #99 » by **marcush** » Sun May 19, 2019 1:17 am

DusterBuster wrote:
Johnny Bball wrote:If Jimmy moves to another team... he's just the biggest jerk ever. He's never happy and what haven't they tried to do for him.

I mean, he does seem like a dude who's never really happy, but him going to another team doesn't make him the biggest jerk ever. He's a FA, if he wants to go somewhere else, that's his prerogative and maybe he can make more money on another team because Philly may not want to pay him the max? Lots goes into why a guy moves from one team to another.

Agree.

He has been good with the Sixers but that offence is not to everyone’s liking. They gave him the ball in the playoffs but he did a fair bit of standing in the corner before then.

Brown will rightly have to convince him that he will play a bigger role going forward. And obviously, we will have to max him.

spikeslovechild · Post #100 » by **spikeslovechild** » Sun May 19, 2019 1:28 am

I mean whatever there will be other options. I am not sweating it. Ideally we sign one of Butler or Harris then a true max guy but we will see.

I'd personally prefer more shooting. Harris has a tendency to disappear. Hell it's not even certain he will get the max.