For much of the NBA offseason, the buzz was that longtime Portland Trailblazer Dame Lillard wanted out and preferred to take his talents to South Beach to join the Miami Heat.
When trade news finally broke on Wednesday afternoon, the destination was instead Milwaukee, where Lillard would join Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks.
To say the trade was shocking would be a bit of an understatement. Oddsmakers had the Bucks at +3000 to land the seven-time All-Star, and expectations in Milwaukee have shot up as a result.
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Miami’s Jimmy Butler was one player was seemingly unhappy with the way things ended up, taking to his Instagram stories to tell the NBA they should look into tampering by the Bucks:
Jimmy Butler: “Yo, NBA, y’all need to look into the Bucks for tampering” pic.twitter.com/sTTRvP5alL
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 27, 2023
“Y’all need to look into the Bucks for tampering,” Butler said. “Y’all do. I’m just gonna put that out there.”
Butler wasn’t the only member of the Miami Heat that thinks that way as Tyler Herro chimed in with a retweet of his teammate.
What he said https://t.co/S6Diyx8s5z
— Tyler Herro (@raf_tyler) September 27, 2023
Are these hurt feelings on Butler’s part, or is there something more sinister at play?
