When the Sixers first acquired Butler in 2018, they only had to trade Robert Covington and Dario Saric with no first-round picks. Butler had been making himself a nuisance with the Minnesota Timberwolves, which destroyed his trade value.

Had the NBA offseason played out differently, Jimmy Butler would have been at Barclays Center on Saturday night. The Philadelphia 76ers tried to engage the Miami Heat about a potential trade for Butler over the summer,

I want to see me get my joy back from playing basketball, wherever that may be — we’ll find out here pretty soon,” Butler said after Thursda