Corridor of Famer Tim Hardaway Sr. was not keen on Jimmy Butler’s “crybaby” trade-demand antics that led to him being dealt to the Warriors.
Butler’s tenure in Miami ended sourly on the commerce deadline, as a number of suspensions and inside disputes led to the commerce Warmth him to the Warriors earlier this month.
“I didn’t agree with what he was doing — you’re under contract,” Hardaway stated on SiriusXM NBA Radio about Butler’s conduct main as much as the commerce.
“[Butler’s] a baby,” Hardaway added. “[He’s] a crybaby.”
He performed for 5 completely different groups in his 13-year NBA profession, together with the Warmth and Warriors.
Butler stated again in December that he most well-liked to be traded. However on the time, Warmth president Pat Riley responded with a “no” that Hardaway stated he would have been accustomed to in his period.
“We will make it clear — we are not trading Jimmy Butler,” Riley stated.
Butler then responded to Riley’s proclamation with “conduct detrimental to the team” — strolling out of a observe and lacking a group flight that led to a number of suspensions.
Butler was then lastly granted his want of being traded.
“We used to get said ‘no’ to us all the time, and we used to know how to take it,” Hardaway stated. “It’s a question, you get a yes or a no.”
Butler isn’t the one instance of right this moment’s gamers wielding extra energy than ever to drive their technique to the place wish to be. From James Harden to Kawhi Leonard to Kyrie Irving, commerce requests by star gamers are pretty widespread.
This isn’t even Butler’s first time requesting a commerce as he additionally demanded out of Minnesota in 2018.
It’s not simply this period, as commerce requests have been current within the NBA for many years.
Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon all sooner or later have been denied commerce requests of their taking part in careers.
However O’Neal did have his request granted on one other event — and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Clyde Drexler additionally had commerce pleas fulfilled sooner or later of their careers.
Butler clearly wasn’t the primary star to request a commerce and received’t be the final.
