Entries by Ethan Skolnick

Dwyane says hello, J-Rich says goodbye

It’s not official official until July 6th, when the NBA’s free agency moratorium ends, but everyone knows Jimmy Butler is coming to the Miami Heat — including the guy most responsible for recruiting him here. So Dwyane Wade, who had warm sentiments for outgoing players Josh Richardson and Hassan Whiteside on social media, went back […]

The Jimmy Butler trade is now a Juwan-like mess

There’s this perception that things comes easy for the Miami Heat, because of the historic coup of 2010. That’s not really true, though. Alonzo Mourning’s kidney disease, right as Pat Riley had given him an enhanced supporting cast. Chris Bosh’s blood clots, on the very day Riley traded for Goran Dragic for pick-and-pop perfection. And, […]

The Miami Heat are acquiring Jimmy Butler

It took the length of a pregnancy term. It took lots of lists — most of which were wrong early — about where Jimmy Butler wanted to play. It took Butler getting traded to Philadelphia, away from Tom Thibodeau. It took a remarkable farewell season from his buddy Dwyane Wade that impressed Butler mightily. It […]

Jimmy Butler is in Play for the Heat… Duh.

When is news not news? When we’ve been saying it for months. Jimmy Butler has had the Miami Heat first on his list since roughly September, when we told you that, and others weren’t including them in his final four. It didn’t happen then, but it wasn’t because he didn’t want it to. It was […]

The Jimmy Butler chatter is back (Thank God!)

Something to liven up your slow sports time. Nothing gets Miami Heat fans more excited — other than an Udonis Haslem angry Instagram post — than a good transaction rumor. Especially one that involves Jimmy Butler. You remember October and November? It was Butler all the time, and we played into that — after all, […]