Jimmy Butler could have taken his talents to Los Angeles
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00:00 While Jimmy Butler may be carrying Miami Heat to the NBA finals, there was a chance he could
00:04 have been a member of a Los Angeles team.
00:07 According to a report from Sam Emick from The Athletic, Butler had plans to meet with
00:11 both the Clippers and the Lakers prior to falling in love with the Miami Heat.
00:16 For anyone who doesn't know the story, when Jimmy Butler met with the Miami Heat, he fell
00:20 in love with Heat culture so much he refused to take all meetings.
00:24 And Emick confirmed that Butler had it on his schedule to meet with both the Clippers
00:28 and the Lakers.
00:29 Now the Lakers made it to the NBA finals without Butler and still are the championship favorites,
00:34 but the Clippers, it would have been a much different dynamic with Jimmy Butler instead
00:38 of Paul George.
00:39 Butler is way more of a vocal leader than Paul George and he seems to be much more of
00:43 a bigger playoff performer at this stage in time.
00:46 Now we don't know what the Clippers are going to do, if they're going to keep or trade Paul
00:49 George or who their next head coach is going to be, but one thing is for sure and they
00:53 would have had a much, much different dynamic if they had Jimmy Butler instead of Paul George.
00:59 Whether or not they would be better or worse, we don't know.