The Jimmy Butler drama continues for the Philadelphia 76ers. Despite him leaving for the Miami Heat back in June in free agency that netted the Sixers Josh Richardson in a sign-and-trade, there have been little things that continue to pop up.
Butler first gave a vague reason for why left Philadelphia for Miami and some assume that he did not get along with coach Brett Brown and/or Ben Simmons. Meanwhile, he also gave a ton of praise to superstar Joel Embiid as the two still have a good friendship.
Now, there is something new he said about the Sixers.
Butler had a sitdown interview with Yahoo! Sports’ Vincent Goodwill where he opened up on a lot of things and one of those was what happened with the Sixers that bothered him and one of those was the topic of work ethic. Butler told Goodwill when asked if the other Sixers understood the opportunity in 2019:
No, but everybody don’t do that. Everybody don’t work like that. That’s just what it is. I learned that over the years and is there something wrong with that? No, there is not. There’s not.
Goodwill then asked why would a player not play for a championship and understand the opportunity and Butler then responded with:
Is everybody playing this game for a championship? The money, the cars, the fame, there are so many other things that other people can play this game for.
Butler did not mention any players specifically so it’s tough to really pinpoint what went down in Philadelphia. Butler continues to be really vague about what really happened and coach Brown wants nothing to do with it either as he plainly wished him well.
The Sixers beat up on Butler and the Heat in their first matchup on Saturday and the Heat make their second and final trip to The City of Brotherly Love on December 18. [lawrence-related id=20119,20110,20103]