“Look, the Houston Rockets wanted to pay Jimmy Butler the four-year max and he ghosted them,” said Tim MacMahon on the Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective Podcast. “They thought they had them and he left them hanging.” “They had trades lined up, I don’t know the teams (or) the destinations, but they had trades lined up for (Clint) Capela and (Eric) Gordon. They were ready to pay Jimmy Butler. They really liked their chances and then suddenly, Jimmy had other thoughts.”