'I still wish I was on his team,' Jimmy Butler said on the ESPN broadcast after his team advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. 'I do love the Miami Heat though. I’m glad that I’m here. But I’ve got so much respect and love for Joel Embiid.”
Immediately following his team winning a big Game 6 and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals past the 76ers, former Sixer and current Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler was asked about his postgame message for his ex-teammate and friend Joel Embiid.
“I’m proud of him. I love him,” Butler said on the ESPN broadcast. “Yes, yes, yes, I still wish I was on his team. I do love the Miami Heat though. I’m glad that I’m here. But I’ve got so much respect and love for Joel Embiid.” That has to sting for Philly fans, not only because they just watched Butler lead his team to the conference finals, a round the Sixers haven’t advanced to in over 20 years, but also because by all accounts they could’ve had him.Butler was a part of the Sixers for 55 games during the 2018-19 season following a trade from the Timberwolves.
Following the season, however, things unraveled between Butler and the Sixers, with the team ultimately completing a sign-and-trade with the Heat for Butler while giving both Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris max contracts.On his way into the locker room after Game 6, the six-time NBA All-Star was caught on camera delivering a pretty strong message to his former team: “Tobias Harris over
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