With the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery in the books and the Boston Celtics possessing the East’s top seed and the No. 1 overall pick, the curiosity of the Jimmy Butler trade rumors has consumed some of us again. (I know. I’m guilty as charged here.)
Believe me, if it was up to me as general manager, I’d follow a blueprint like the one our friend Stephen Noh at The Athletic Chicago laid out and put shooting all around Butler and make him a James Harden-type of player where he has space to operate within the offense at virtually all times.