DECEMBER 11: An MRI this morning revealed no structural damage, tweets ESPN’s Zach Lowe.
DECEMBER 10: Sixers swingman Jimmy Butler left the team’s eventual 116-102 victory over the Pistons with a groin injury. With 2:20 left in the first quarter, Butler left with obvious discomfort and did not return to the game.
The four-time All-Star notched four rebounds and two assists while shooting 0-for-3 from the floor. After the game, Sixers’ head coach Brett Brown told reporters, including Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer (Twitter link), that he was unsure how severe Butler’s injury is and had yet to meet with the medical staff.
Butler, 28, entered play on Monday averaging 21.4 PPG and 5.3 RPG with Philadelphia through 12 games. The Sixers acquired Butler from the Timberwolves in mid-November as his tumultuous tenure in Minnesota concluded. Philadelphia’s plan was to pair Butler with their two budding stars, Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid.
If the groin injury keeps Butler sidelined for an extended stretch, it would mark the second consecutive season that he missed significant time. Butler missed nearly a month with a left knee strain last February. He returned late in the regular season to help push the Timberwolves to the postseason.
He can always limp into the Front Office to sign his 5-year max
Well a team would have to be foolish to do that.
Could only sign that with one team my man
Man you’re witty…
Hahaha I like it
Ain’t that a kick in the…
I guess Butler was meant to be a Sixer, can’t stay healthy in his first season with the club.
What’s the old adage about karma?
Karma? You’re tripping
He will come back as rookie of the year next year.
General soreness
Doubtful tomorrow night.
Per reports.
Honeymoon already over? Thanks for saric and covington. If i was philly i would look to move him for anything i could recoup. He is not the answer that will bring you a ring. He doesn’t mesh well with others. He is injury prone and has a tendency of being a malade imaginaire. Basically he is a cancer that destroys franchises. Bulls still haven’t recovered. Twolves are better without him, i mean bloody night and day. Philly just destroyed any team harmony and has all the symptoms of a team that will die the slow death of mediocrity.
Wow you clearly haven’t been paying attention to the Sixers since they acquired him. Why are you acting like Jimmy keyed your car or f’d your girl?
Embiid is clearly unhappy.
Jimmy dating Rihanna?
Did you read his actually comments or just a headline?
And no my name is not towns.