Report: Jimmy Butler had plans to meet with Clippers and Lakers in 2019
Jimmy Butler could have taken his talents to Los Angeles
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00:00While Jimmy Butler may be carrying Miami Heat to the NBA finals there was a
00:03chance he could have been a member of a Los Angeles team. According to a report
00:08from Sam Emick from The Athletic, Butler had plans to meet with both the Clippers
00:12and the Lakers prior to falling in love with the Miami Heat. Now for anyone who
00:16doesn't know the story, when Jimmy Butler met with the Miami Heat he fell in love
00:20with Heath culture so much he refused to take all meetings and Emick confirmed
00:25that Butler had it on his schedule to meet with both the Clippers and the
00:28Lakers. Now the Lakers made it to the NBA finals without Butler and still are the
00:32championship favorites but the Clippers it would have been a much different
00:36dynamic with Jimmy Butler instead of Paul George. Butler is way more of a
00:40vocal leader than Paul George and he seems to be much more of a bigger
00:43playoff performer at this stage in time. Now we don't know what the Clippers are
00:47gonna do if they're gonna keep or trade Paul George or who their next head coach
00:51is gonna be but one thing is for sure and they would have had a much much
00:55different dynamic if they had Jimmy Butler instead of Paul George. Whether or
00:59not they would be better or worse we don't know.