Watching Jimmy Butler hit multiple game-winning shots during his short time with the Philadelphia 76ers has been incredible. Outside of Allen Iverson in his prime, Lou Williams was the only player capable of making a game-winning shot without having their coach draw up an elaborate play with the entire opposing team dedicated to stopping him during my lifetime watching the Sixers play. And Williams wasn’t nearly as good as Butler, when he was the Sixers’ sixth man during the decade of mediocrity and first round playoff exits.
Bulter’s contribution to the offensive end alone was enough to make the Sixers trading for him worthwhile, but Butler also bring the one-on-one defensive shutdown potential Andre Iguodala once brought during the Sixers’ most unremarkable era.