Jimmy Butler Saw his trading wish granted by the Miami Heat, but a basketball hall from Famer called him a “crybaby” for how it all went.
Tim Hardaway Sr. commented on the final trade of Butler to the Golden State WarriorsA team with which the first in the nineties became a star during a Siriusxm NBA radio performance.
“I did not agree with what he did – you are under contract,” said Hardaway.
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Golden State Warriors Vooruit Jimmy Butler (10) in action during the match between the Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors in the American Airlines Center. (Jerome Miron imagn images)
“(Butler’s) a baby (he is) a crying baby because they said no to you.”
Heat President Pat Riley initially said that the team did not intend to trade Butler in December after reporting that he would rather have been moved.
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Butler’s response, however, was ultimately something that led to ‘harmful to the team’.
What did butler do? Allegedly he was a training and missed a team flight for a road trip, which led to suspensions on both occasions.
Finally the heat admitted before the NBA -HandelsdeadlineSend butler to the Warriors.
Former Golden State Warriors player Tim Hardaway speaks to the media before the match against the San Antonio Spurs in Chase Center. (Kelley L Cox-usa Today Sports)
How Butler dealt with everything is something that Hardaway could not understand in his match days.
“We used to get ‘no’ to us, and we always knew how to take it,” he explained. “It is what it is. It is a question. You get a yes or a no. You may not like the question, but you cannot deviate and mess the team.”
Butler has asked for transactions in the past, especially during his sour end in Minnesota with the Timberwolves. However, he is not the only NBA star who does this in the past seasons, as James Harden and Kawhi Leonard can confirm.
And as Hardaway mentioned, stars in the past also asked for transactions, but had denied it. However, how butler dealt with the situation is different from what Hardaway has seen.
Golden State Warriors Vooruit Jimmy Butler (10) during the match between the Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors in the American Airlines Center. (Jerome Miron imagn images)
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Since the trade, Butler has played four games with its new Warriors team, on average 21.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists in those games. Golden State won three of those four games.
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