Pickled Prunes wrote:mihaic wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:You are giving TOR credit because Siakam handled it with class. You are blaming MIA because Jimmy didn't.
Of course. Most times the actions the players take depend on their team's management. I am pretty sure the current TOR office would have worked with Jimmy to find a resolution to him being traded, vs. Suspending him.
Jimmy has had this issue while departing 4 different organizations. He's been on 4 teams, so Jimmy has this issue 100% of the time.
MIA has had this issue once. They have had a total of 294 players, so MIA has this issue 0.3% of the time.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's Jimmy's fault.

That's not actually true. Miami had issues with Anthony Mason's extension after he put up an all-star season for them. Granted, he was 34 and Mase can be a problem player, but the issues with Mason and Butler are comparable. Miami didn't want to pay him. That was 2001, and just from memory. There may have been others.
Without Mason, Miami went from 50 wins to 36 wins. Granted, they might have dropped some wins if they'd kept him and they weren't close to a title contender, so I don't think it was a devastating move, but Mase was probably their best player when they let him go.
Then he went to Milwaukee on a 4-year deal and that didn't work out at all, so I don't blame Miami, just as I don't blame them for not wanting to extend Butler, but this has happened to them before.