The Bucks have pulled off the commerce of the summer season after landing Damian Lillard, however Miami’s Jimmy Butler thinks some tampering has gone on.
The famous person guard was linked to Miami for many of the offseason after he requested a commerce away from Portland in July.
Lillard made it very clear the Heat was his primary vacation spot.
But Milwaukee swooped in and landed the 33-year-old to pair with two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.
It’s arduous to inform if Jimmy is simply trolling along with his feedback about tampering or if he’s being legit.
“Yo NBA… y’all need to look into the Bucks for tampering,” Butler mentioned on his Instagram story on Wednesday. “Y’all do. I’m just going to put that out there. Y’all didn’t hear it from me but I heard it through somebody, y’all look at them for tampering.”
Maybe Butler is mad that Lillard received’t be his accomplice in crime?
Jimmy’s teammate Tyler Herro, who might have been a commerce piece if Lillard did go to Miami, took to X to again up his claims.
“What he said,” Herro wrote.
What he mentioned https://t.co/S6Diyx8s5z
— Tyler Herro (@raf_tyler) September 27, 2023
Other NBA gamers additionally reacted in disbelief to the commerce information.
“Losing Jrue is Big,” New Sixers recruit Patrick Beverley mentioned on X. “That’s all imma say.”
The Suns have been the third crew concerned within the blockbuster commerce and Adrian Wojnarowski explains the breakdown.
“Portland will receive Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, Milwaukee’s 2029 unprotected first-round draft pick, and unprotected Milwaukee swap rights in 2028 and 2030, sources told Wojnarowski,” he wrote.
“The Suns will receive Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson, sources told Wojnarowski.”
Miami nonetheless could get an opportunity to land a stable participant. There is concept that they might go after Holiday after he was traded to Portland.
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