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Last season there was a concern about the fit of Jimmy Butler, who is now thriving with the Heat and one game away from sweeping the Indiana Pacers.

Butler was lukewarm on re-signing with Philly last offseason and the organization was aware, but the Sixers were still prepared to offer him a max contract if he wouldn’t take any recruiting visits, sources said.

Butler did not agree to that stipulation, sources said, and both sides ended up parting ways. Butler was a force for the Sixers and proved to be their finisher down the stretch, but he wasn’t sold that the team was invested in winning, and his leadership style rubbed some the wrong way at times.

Brown didn’t appreciate how outspoken Butler was with his coaching tactics, and Ben Simmons once took issue with a text message Butler sent in a team group chat that instructed Simmons what not to do in an upcoming game against Brooklyn, sources said.

大致意思:76人管理层在去年休赛期时就已经察觉到巴特勒对回归76人不太感兴趣了，但即使是这样，他们仍然准备给吉米提供一份顶薪合同，前提是他不接受其他球队的招募见面

巴特勒不同意这项规定，最后他们分道扬镳。巴特勒对76人很重要并且他证明了自己能成为场上的终结者。但他最终被交易(先签后换)不是因为这只球队的目标不是胜利，他的领导方式在一些时候不太奏效

布朗不喜欢巴特勒这种坦率的方式，并且本西蒙斯曾经在群聊里收到了巴特勒发来的信息，里面的内容是告诉他在接下来对阵篮网的系列赛里你不要做什么，西蒙斯对此感到困惑。