Jimmy Butler Reveals What Made Him Leave the Philadelphia 76ers | The JJ Redick Podcast | The Ringer

was last year difficult for you yeah not just getting traded but the old summer preseason yeah hey oh is difficult maybe it was so different and on any given day me as a as a person as a player I didn't know who's in charge I think that was Della's my biggest thing I didn't know what to expect never I were going to the to the gym whenever I going to the plane whenever I going to the game I was a man I think I was as lost as the next move meaning there was just there was a lot of voices yeah a lot of income a lot of replaces and just so much going on in a different day I was like yep guess I'm just here to work I didn't know who to talk to at what point did you like realize that at what point did and death get meeting and it often that I told you that I told you that I was like I cannot believe wait when he brought when Brent wrought so brett brings me you Joe and chilling Ben this is pre Tobias trade yeah was this before or after the in like obviously I'll tell my side story about what happened in Portland with you with you in the meeting yeah they got reported this is before after that I don't remember is before before before we went on that West Coast trip yeah before and we all sit in there and nothing got accomplished at all so I was like and I told you this as we walked out JJ why would I ever go back in there again like nothing's getting accomplished nobody's saying nothing to anybody and we just sitting here watching film and you can literally hear the thing just clicking and we all just looking around and but you gotta think now I'm just like what I may have been to three weeks there tops you know easily so you know what I'm sent back and I'm watching I ain't saying nothing because don't nobody know me like that when I first got to Philly what did you think of me I didn't know III but if you think about what you read what do you think oh yeah yeah right yeah so I'm sitting I'm relaxed I'm ladies mo think I'm an [ __ ] anyways let me be quiet so I'm sitting back I'm hearing it click click looking around click click all right guys let's go practice why don't we just go through this that's literally what's going on my head so I come to you I said JJ why would I go back in there again we didn't do nothing nothing got accomplished so now we fast forward to however many weeks is over there and we importantly and then that happens during the film session you know I hope it's not true but Jimmy Butler as we know has been caring a little bit of our track record in terms of dealing with with coaches soul DK's once again one nobody saying nothing so who was the individual by the face of this here's the tough part you did one thing wrong what did I do I nothing you said about the team was wrong I thought your interaction with Bret that day was like a normal interaction I don't know why I got reported the way it did because it was me yeah because you were coming off whatever happened in Chicago whatever I'm Minnesota yeah I get in but nothing was weird but so he's like basically he's like there's some tweaks to the offense I think some other guys in the team feel the same way and he goes TJ wants more pick what I did I did not say TJ he said who else feels the type of way about it now keep in mind everybody comes to talk to me because they know I'm not afraid to be the [ __ ] so I would say I talked to him Bret asked a great question who else feels the type of way about something all I did I didn't hear nothing behind my just knew somebody's ghost be good because I had talked about five people crickets so I turned around in the first person I just happen to like Azam it was TJ so Monty goes yo not for real now is the time TJ was like well you know I was like TJ babe you say what you gotta say and I love TJ I took TJ all the time but but I just felt like like it's okay to speak your mind ain't no wrong with it the worst thing that Brett could've said look you know and then you just go back to just being quiet at least you get to say what you got to say oh you know how I feel about Brett I like I love Brett and all that I know your relationship wasn't the same but sure was not towards the end of the year though as we sort of we did sort of tweak how the offense was run especially in the playoffs where you were playing on the ball more did that relationship evolve at all or was it strictly a professional relationship I was professional but to this day I don't think that that was fair to switch over like that even though I think we play great basketball like that I don't think it was fair because the entire year being had the ball the entire year man had the ball so you mean to tell me that in one playoff series you just switch it up like that I would be like he was I would be I would feel a type of way I would feel the type of way I would think that it's tough to play one way the entire year and then be like you know what boom this is how we're gonna do it and I used to tell I was like but I think we should mix in me handling the ball a little bit no we do a to be we do this cool cool well I would be pissed you know I didn't I mean I'm not gonna complain about it um but I don't I don't I don't think that that was the best way of doing it in my opinion she went that Kawai shot went in yeah what was going through your head what was going through my head a lot a lot was going through my head man and already knew how I believe it would have worked out if that shot wouldn't went in and we're going overtime and we went so the shot goes in we go back to the locker room I'm in a little bit and then after like everything settles down the first thing that comes to my mind legit is will I be back here whether I have an opportunity to do this again with these guys and to tell you the truth I had a feeling that it would be I know I had a feeling that it would be a no um but I would say that that's the first scene that that ran through my head was yo are we actually gonna be able to run this back and if I'm being honest I was like nah it's nothing to happen that was my first thought too yeah was like well not my first stop there's a disappointment there's the tears there's the hug your teammates but then like it's like the realization like [ __ ] I might not it might not get this close again right you think that I knew I wasn't coming back when I had my exit meeting with album and he didn't say that to me like we don't want you back I just knew like they were gonna I was only gonna go back there if they had no other options basically I really that's how I mean that was the vibe I got in that meeting so I kind of knew I kind of know when did you know oh I knew I wasn't going back at one point in time I know before I say this sentence do you think I'm like just that hard to work with and my heart that was from this the phone call we're after free agency just from the phone calls so what you're talking about no no no this is this is before the phone I don't think you heard right yeah no I'm not hard to work with so I ain't throwing nobody on the bus since you think that I seem to throw people under the bus somebody told me that uh a man read that I didn't go back was because somebody asked can you control him like can you control Jimmy if you can control Jimmy we would think about having them back I wasn't gonna worry about it can't nobody control me from what I ain't just out there doing no boy but the fact that you're trying to control a grown man no I'm cool cuz I don't do nothing that's just drastically [ __ ] stupidly crazy I do not do that so don't sit here and come in me with all we gotta try to control are you good don't even worry about it and that was that was my which color you gotta worry about me coming I'm not if that's what y'all worried about if that's what y'all worried about I think man good luck to y'all if that's what y'all worried about at what point in free edges I mean was this oh this was a before oh yeah yeah super super super early internet some kind of Jamie also have to exploring other things thought I was knee-deep in that already party all right I already really knew what it was and when I heard about Miami you know we talked about it as a as a group me and my family me and my trainers and all that stuff at all and it all worked out and then obviously when the meeting came around we sitting in there we talking talking about the roster man talking about obviously I sunshine what everybody already knows but the way that they just do you know we work every single day it's nothing drastic but we do work we expect you to to come in here and help us win we're not trying to lose no never now every single year when it to win it now ain't worried about three years we can't control it and that's how I think I think about you I don't know what the hell I'm going to do tomorrow yesterday is gone but right now I'm going to be the best version of me that I can be and that's how Miami does it I don't know how every other team do it I could tell you how Chicago does at Minnesota dozen in Philly does it but Miami's way different in all those things I just named [Music]

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Length: 10min 57sec (657 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 11 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/Powerful_Government]

The thing that stood out the most in this podcast for me was when Jimmy said no one said anything during the film session. If it was an over exaggeration then I would expect JJ to interject. But how does a coach/point guard/leader not point out anything?

[u/baymax18]

This hits different after that Finals run

[u/OBPing]

Leadership is such an underestimated skill. Not surprised to hear what his experience is like in Philly vs the interview he has in Mia.

[u/GK0NATO]

Stop we're already dead

[u/FrostedTreez]

Love this podcast

[u/Popegina]

JJ looked very uncomfortable when Jimmy asked him if he was hard to work with lol

[u/LilScottWeb]

That “control you” shit is so fucking relatable man. Not to exaggerate or nothing but it’s a luxury to say fuck this and dip out out of a work situation, that I feel not many people have the option of doing. If you ever have that chance, don’t ever take it for granted.

[u/plzdontalktome]

that was actually really inspiring hearing him talk about how yesterday is done, you can't worry about what happens years from now because you can't truly control it. Just be the best version of you today.

[u/Migosslav]

Sir Jimmy buckets