As Jimmy Butler entered the final year of his contract with the Philadelphia 76ers last year, talks heated up about the Houston Rockets landing him in the offseason, with some reports of them being favorites — all to no avail. Now, a new report says that Houston was a lot closer than we all thought.
According to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, via Brian Windhort’s podcast, the Rockets were a mere deal away from acquiring the former Tomball, Texas resident, but Butler “ghosted them.”
“Look, the Houston Rockets wanted to pay Jimmy Butler the four-year max and he ghosted them,” MacMahon said.