{"id":1508959,"date":"2022-05-13T19:15:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T23:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1508959"},"modified":"2022-05-13T19:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T23:15:28","slug":"jimmy-butler-torched-76ers-end-season-eviscerated-old-team-off-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/jimmy-butler-torched-76ers-end-season-eviscerated-old-team-off-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Butler Eviscerated the 76ers Off the Court After Torching His Old Team to End Their Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

lt's sometimes easy to forget Jimmy Butler<\/a> played 67 games for the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> during the 2018-2019 campaign, 55 in the regular season and another dozen in the playoffs. But he clearly hasn't.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That season, the Sixers were bounced in the Eastern Conference semifinals by the eventual NBA champion Toronto Raptors in seven games. And Butler never played another game in a Philly uniform as the Sixers didn't want to commit to him on a long-term basis and traded him to the Miami Heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat looks on during the second half against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game Six of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals at Wells Fargo Center on May 12, 2022 | Tim Nwachukwu\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward three years, and the 76ers have yet again failed to move past the second round. But it was Butler doing the bouncing this time as the Heat capped off a six-game series win over his old team on Thursday night in Philadelphia. This will be Miami's second trip to the Eastern Conference Finals in three years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The six-time NBA All-Star was brilliant throughout the series, showing the Sixers that the same brilliance could have been for them. And once the series was officially over, it didn't take him long to verbally remind them of that as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jimmy Butler torched the 76ers for committing to Tobias Harris instead of him<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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