Jorge Sierra: Donovan Mitchell is now No. 40 all-time in three-pointers tied with Jason Richardson. Also: Jimmy Butler passed Dominique Wilkins in steals for No. 67 in NBA history.
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Position: G
Born: 09/14/89
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary: $48,798,677
Scouting report
Born: 09/14/89
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary: $48,798,677
Scouting report
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Bam Adebayo on Jimmy Butler not acknowledging Heat players after game: I'm not shocked... I don't take it personal
Jimmy Butler walked back to the Warriors locker room at the end of Tuesday’s game without exchanging any handshakes or words with his former Heat teammates and coaches. Bam Adebayo and Butler never acknowledged each other that night except for when they were forced to during the flow of the game. “I’m not shocked. It is what it is,” said Adebayo, who is in his eighth NBA season after being drafted by Miami in 2017 and is under contract with the Heat through the 2028-29 season. “It’s a business at the end of the day. And he has a Golden State Warriors jersey on. We have a Heat jersey on. I don’t take it personal. We’re out there to do our job anyways. So if you don’t want to speak, we don’t speak and that’s fine. We’re going to get out here, we’re going to compete, win or lose the game and we move on.”
Bam Adebayo on Jimmy Butler departure: I'm sad to see it go so far, you got him and Pat Riley going at it
Leading up to the trade, the Heat suspended Butler without pay three times and Butler went public to express his desire to be dealt after the Heat declined to offer him the max contract extension he sought last offseason. Butler also feuded with Heat president Pat Riley and the franchise on the way out, telling Taylor Rooks of Turner Sports this week: “I have nothing to say to Pat. And Pat better have nothing to say to me.” “I’m sad to see it go that far,” Adebayo said, reflecting on Butler’s ugly breakup with the Heat. “Guys are going to make decisions off of whether they want to take care of themselves and I’m all for that. I’ll never be mad at a guy who wants to go get his money. But to me, it ended as a bad sting between the organization and him as a whole. You got him and Pat going at it and stuff like that. I just feel like it ended badly. At this point, we just got to move on.”
Luka, by superstar standards—was there some maintenance involved? Absolutely. But is he the highest-maintenance superstar in the league today? No. And as I said, ask Miami if they would’ve rather dealt with Luka or Jimmy Butler over the first few months of this season. And the thing with these guys having their own body teams or medical squads—or however you want to say it—that’s not unusual. It’s been an issue with Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers. It was an issue with Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz. In this case, it was an issue with Luka and the Mavericks—but that’s also after the Mavericks got rid of the people in the health and performance group that Luka did know, that he did like, that he did respect—most importantly, that he did trust.
Mike Vorkunov: Seems Jimmy Butler filed a trademark application for “JIMMY BUTLER” last fall with the US Patents & Trademarks Office through his LLC, to be used on coffee cups and mugs. He also filed one for “JIMMY BUCKETS” and “BIG FACE,” as well as a logo👇. But he abandoned his TM application for “EMO JIMBO”
Jorge Sierra: The Warriors have $116 million committed to the age 37 seasons of Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler. Nobody betting on veterans like Golden State.
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