Why didn t the Lakers keep Butler back then

At the beginning, the Lakers had Kobe and Odom in the team, and Butler's chemistry with the team was not very ideal, the position was awkward, and there was not much room for development.

At that time, in the Lakers, Divac and Brian Grant were retired, and there were only rookie Bynum and a white center Mime on the inside.

Although Kwame Brown has always been hung with the title of "parallel import", after all, he has a standard center body, top-level physical fitness, and that ethereal "potential", which is very attractive to the Lakers, so this deal was produced.

In my opinion, this deal for the Lakers can't be considered a loss.

1.As mentioned earlier, Butler was in an awkward position on the team at the time, and for the Lakers, he was only 3 in charge.

2.Kwame Brown has solved the team's urgent need for the center position, and he has performed well in more than 2 seasons with the Lakers, especially defensively, and is a qualified blue-collar player.

3.Although Butler shined after going to the Wizards, the Lakers did not lose either, because 07-08 they used Kwame Brown and several other tricks + draft picks to rob Gasol.

In order to reduce the pressure on the defense.

The situation is the same as when the Rockets didn't gay. Not because he's gayIt's the team that needs to defend.

The Western Conference semifinals continued, and after four quarters of fierce battles, the Rockets lost to the Lakers 109-117, and the series was tied 1-1. Although the Rockets lost this game, they were very tenacious, falling behind by 21 points at most, slowly smoothing out the point difference, and also overtaking by 5 points, but in the end they fell short and failed to complete the reversal. The reversal fell short, and this game once again reflected a problem, that is, Harden and Wei Shao always habitually drop the chain at important moments of important games, which is also the most criticized part of the two.

Looking back on this game, the Rockets completed the overtake in the third quarter, but in the fourth quarter of the decisive victory, Harden and Wei Shao were all invisible, Harden played 10 minutes in the fourth quarter, a total of only 3 shots, Wei Shao played 9 minutes in the last quarter, 1 of 5 shots, and the sock sedan hit rate was only 20%. It can be said that the poor performance of Harden and Wei Shao in the last quarter is an important reason for the Rockets' inconclusive reversal.

Compared with Harden and Wei Shao, although Butler's fame is not so loud, the data is not so strong, and he has not won the MVP, and he has not even entered the ranks of MVP competition, but the more critical the moment, the tougher Butler's performance is. G1 Butler played 40 minutes in the Eastern Conference semifinals, shooting 13-of-20, scoring 40 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, including 6-of-8 shooting in the final quarter, scoring 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, leading the Heat to withstand the Bucks' counterattack and win the game 115-104. G3 Butler made 7-of-13 shooting, scored 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, including 4-of-7 shooting in the final quarter and 9-of-11 free throws, and scored 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, leading the Heat to a 115-100 win over the Bucks and extending the series to 3-0.

According to NBA official statistics, since the start of the playoffs, Butler has played an average of 35 minutes per game, scored 5 rebounds and 4 assists, shot percentage, three-point shooting percentage, and the main statistics have improved compared with the regular season, including an increase in points per game and an increase in three-point shooting percentage. At critical moments, Butler averaged points per game and shot percentage, leading the Heat to 4-1 and the league's No. 1 winning percentage.

On the other hand, Harden and Wei Shao, Harden averaged rebounds and assists, shooting percentage, and three-point shooting rate per game in the regular season, and averaged 30 rebounds and assists per game in the playoffs, shooting percentage, and 34% three-point shooting rate, leading the team to 1 win and 3 losses at critical moments. Wei Shao averaged 7 rebounds per game in the regular season, shooting percentage, three-point shooting percentage, and average rebounding and assists per game in the playoffs, shooting percentage, three-point shooting percentage, and led the team to 1 win and 1 loss at critical moments. Through the comparison of these data, it is clear which is stronger and which is weak, and Butler is the real superstar.

The Lakers' question for Butler is whether he will become a "cancer" in the team's locker room and ruin many of the Lakers' young players. In Butler's situation in the Bulls and Timberwolves locker room, many team general managers in the league have a grudge against Butler, and only the general manager of the Rockets seems to have a soft spot for Butler.

Of course, if the Lakers have a chance to get Butler, they should go for it again. After all, James, the big brother of the Lakers, can restrain Butler in all achievements and psychology.

If you put aside Butler's off-court factors, Butler is definitely an All-Star. He defends desperately and has the ability to take over the game when it matters most. In particular, his defensive attitude and ability have helped the Lakers' young people a lot. As a first-team player, he also fits the Lakers' requirements.

What we're worried about now is that the Lakers really have Butler, so who should tell Butler about the starting position? The Lakers can't let Anthony play off the bench like a Rocket, and Butler won't accept the bench either. So should the Lakers remove Ingram or Kuzma to make room for Butler?

Maybe that's what Lakers management is thinking about as well.

Regardless, Butler is now determined to leave the Timberwolves. According to Shams, Butler has spent six weeks planning to try to leave the Timberwolves. Today, he gave himself an excuse to miss the game against the Jazz.

But Sbudu denied Butler, saying that Butler was taking a precautionary break because of soreness.

In conclusion, Butler is not the best option for the Lakers. The Lakers' focus will be on Magic and Pelinka next summer, when they can sign an All-Star player directly because the Lakers will have plenty of salary space. If they can join at the same base salary as their cousins, the Lakers should make a move.

Butler can wait until then. Even if they could wait until then, the Lakers wouldn't offer better leverage than other teams. Also, the Lakers currently have a lot of forwards, and who starts when Butler comes is another question. So if you don't like me, don't think about it.

The Lakers didn't sign Jimmy Butler because it was waiting for Leonard on the free market, after all, it had to be the biggest fish in the free market at that time, and it had verbally promised the Lakers to renew his contract.

We all know the final result, Leonard played the Lakers, not only did he not join the Lakers, but also went to the Clippers in the same city and teamed up with Paul George to form a "super forward" combination.

You must know that the Lakers had the opportunity to sign Jimmy Butler at that time, but they always focused on Leonard and ignored Jimmy Butler, who took the initiative to show favor, after all, everyone knows that Leonard is a strengthened version of Jimmy Butler, and if there is a choice, any team will not hesitate to choose Leonard, which is understandable.

I really feel unfair for Jimmy Butler here, people often see the bad side of Butler, thinking that he worked hard to rise in the Bulls and steal the limelight from Rose, and then transferred to the Timberwolves and looked down on the team's champion Towns, giving people the feeling that he is a bit like a thorn. But these are all gimmicks that are emitted by ** and are made in order to attract people to watch.

If you look closely at the news reports, players who have been teammates with Jimmy Butler will praise Butler's efforts during interviews. And Jimmy Butler is indeed tough, the most direct performance is that the Timberwolves, who have not been in the playoffs for many years, broke into the playoffs after getting Jimmy Butler. So in my opinion, the Lakers didn't look at Jimmy Butler squarely, which was a big loss for them.

At that time in the free market, if the Lakers chose Jimmy Butler, then they would have created a big three with LeBron James + Anthony Davis + Jimmy Butler as the core. You must know that the Lakers' Big Three are more powerful than the Big Three formed by the Heat back then.

At that time, Jimmy Butler was actually very willing to choose to join a championship team after the team wandered, not to mention that there was LeBron James in this championship team, a player with strong self-esteem like Jimmy Butler, maybe only LeBron James could make him proud head. But Jimmy Butler kept coming into the gym, and the Lakers still didn't look at him. This led to Wade's call to Jimmy Butler's plane in Miami.

You must know that stars want to save face, and they can't get a reply from the other party even if they blindly show favor, and their hearts are slowly cooling. The Lakers got almost nothing on free agency after Leonard didn't fulfill the verbal agreement, and that's when they remembered Jimmy Butler, but it was too late, and I'm sure the Lakers were in remorse. After all, the team that played the finals against the Lakers that year was the Miami Heat led by Jimmy Butler.

Just imagine, if the Lakers sign Jimmy Butler, the championship is already in the bag for them.

The Lakers favor Leonard more than Butler. The Lakers feel that Leonard's offensive and defensive abilities are stronger than Butler's, and it is better to sign Leonard than to sign Butler.

The lineup is not required. Butler's personal style didn't fit the team, and there was no need to bring him on board.

In order to prove his strength, Irving chose to leave James and leave the Cleveland Cavaliers. As a result, after two years with the Celtics, I found that I really wasn't a boss material, and then I went back to join the Lakers, and went around and went back to the second leader next to James, this script is simply a textbook-level "true fragrance" theorem.

With Irving back with James, and Butler who is likely to be open-minded, James will once again assemble his Big Three roster with the Lakers, who will once again set sail for the championship trophy. However, this is only a beautiful traceability.

Last season's Warriors dynasty fell on the road to three consecutive championships, the core of the team Durant was reimbursed for the season, and at the same time announced that he would not renew the contract with the Warriors. The Nets in New York have been targeted by Durant, a team that has long been at the bottom of the league. Irving is Durant's best friend, the two of them have a deep friendship and have always wanted to play on the same team, and the Nets have the ability and willingness to achieve their dreams, after all, the offensive combination of Durant and Irving is really rare.

Irving and Durant hit it off, and the two pulled Jordan Jr., really ran to the Nets, and formed their own championship team in New York. Although, next to Durant, Irving is also a second-in-command, but people will say that the Nets are "Durant and Irving's", and the Lakers or Cavaliers are "James's". In addition, compared with James, who has thousands of honors, Durant, who is "small", may be able to let Irving be more willing to assist.

And Butler after the 76ers and the Timberwolves after a few years of "wandering" career, his confidence and strength have increased greatly, he has more and more of a team leader temperament, although he is open to the Lakers, but if there is a chance, he may prefer to look for a team that really belongs to Irving.

He's definitely going to go, because this player's biggest dream was to play for the Lakers, so it's an opportunity, for him.

I think he's coming, after all, they're the same type of people, and they're both thinking the same thing.

Butler is open to joining the Lakers, but he won't come, and Irving won't come to the Lakers, and Irving doesn't want to play with James, he wants to be his own boss.

Even if Irving wants to come, the Lakers don't have the money to sign them. Moreover, Irving may not be suitable for the Lakers, and I personally feel that what the Lakers lack is a more stable outside shooter.

Butler is the core of the Heat, a tough guy who integrates offense and defense, and playing a strong team can very arouse his fighting spirit, and many tactics also revolve around Butler to attack.

Yes. Butler has a strong ability to lead the team, and his explosiveness and scoring on the basketball court are outstanding.

Butler is a player with a strong desire to win, who is strict with himself and trains hard. The team with him will not easily throw in the towel. He's the soul of the team.

<> the 2019-2020 NBA Finals, 6 games were played in 12 days, and every game was extremely exciting, and in the end, the Heat did not withstand the strong firepower of the Lakers, but the 2:4 loss was actually overfulfilled The task, but after the Lakers won the championship, the actions of the Heat players caused heated discussions among many fans. After the game, Butler also left the court without saying hello.

As we all know, generally speaking, after the end of a series, both sides will come over to hug and greet each other, after all, many players are very familiar, but the Heat players except for the captain Haslem came to James after the game to hug and greet, Lao Zhan hugged once and came again, and the other players all returned to the locker room en masse, especially the arrow figure Butler, it can be clearly seen from the footage in the live broadcast that when he walked through the player's tunnel, his face was not very good, he looked unconvinced, and his right hand was clenched into a fist。

However, some fans disagreed, the point difference had been spent early, and the Heat also took the initiative to surrender in the last few minutes, but in the eyes of some Heat fans, James should not continue to attack and score in the face of a group of Heat bench players, because you have beaten people very badly, and you still want people to help you celebrate your victory, which is obviously unrealistic, plus the Lakers have been celebrating together for too long, and the whole team celebration is too "chaotic" Even if the Heat players want to go over to pay their respects, the scene is very embarrassing, so it is enough to leave Captain Haslem as a representative.

Butler revealed some key information in his post-game interview, saying that he did not fulfill his promise and will continue to challenge for championships next year, because he had previously told owner Riley and head coach Spo that he came to the Heat to win the championship. Although I didn't greet the opponent and Lao Zhan after the game, I was a little vindictive, but after watching Butler's performance in the playoffs, I feel that he is the embodiment of the Mamba spirit, and it seems that the most heard except for the Lakers championship is Butler is really hard, I don't know if anyone likes Butler this year?Welcome to leave a message to discuss!