It’s been a week or so since the last Jimmy Butler rumor/non-rumor, so of course we’re due for another one during the first week of September.
After some of the initial rumors that Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns don’t get along — fueled by the Chicago Sun Times so obviously taken with a grain of salt — were followed by the obligatory reading-into-everything from last season, plus recent Instagram likes/comments/non-comments that were placed under the microscope.
Then, there were the specific rumors related to Butler and pal Kyrie Irving, and whether they’d join forces with the Knicks or Nets next summer.