Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if we’d gone after this guy instead of Kawhi.
May 18, 2023
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if we’d gone after this guy instead of Kawhi.
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We’ve gotten plenty of stars, let’s not get greedy
Plus Jimmy is already an honorary laker for stomping on the leprechauns
himmy butler cleared the east for us in 2020 i aint even mad
Not sure he had interest in signing with us. But it basically would’ve been Butler instead of Green and KCP.
Obviously a strong favorite to win in 2020.
Then no Schroder 2020 trade, and obviously no Westbrook 2021 trade.
Maybe one extra title? But it’s so hard to say for sure.
Yeah and if I remember it right, Butler was waiting for the Kawhi fall out too, but in the end decided not to wait and signed with the Heat. Lakers would have got him if they didn’t wait for Kawhi back then and went with Butler instead.
We can’t have them all, but much respect to Butler as a competitor. This is probably how a lot of teams felt about Kobe… multiplied by 10.
Were we ever in the mix for him?
He said no to kawhi that summer he was dead set on the heat
Durant, kawhi and us all tried to recruit him
Jimmy wanted the Heat & he wanted to be the Man.
Jimmy is the man. I hope this dude kills this fraud Celtics contender narrative.
Jimmy is the type of guy you need alongside AD to keep pushing him to go hard. Would be an insane duo if Bron left after next year.
Idk if jimmy and bron together would be as good. Jimmy with AD w jimmy being the alpha would be sick post Lebron
The spacing would’ve been as bad as it was with Westbrick and we probably would’ve been in a similar situtation
I remember Jimmy tweeting about his desire to play with LBJ and AD
I’m happy to watch Himmy Buckets with the Heat. I feel like this ramshackle team of cast offs is what he needs to really thrive. Butler is a beast when he’s down and out. I don’t think he’d have the same legacy if he had come to LA. This man absolutely FEEDS on adversity
It pains me we have to beat this guy to win a ring. He’s one of the few non lakers that I genuinely want to win a ring at least once, he deserves it
Wanna know something even crazier? We used our 2nd overall pick to select Lonzo. Jayson Tatum was the 3rd pick that same year.
There is no what if. We live in this timeline and whatever we did won us a championship. Enjoy the moment bro.
Don’t think he’d like the lakers with our shenanigans
The lakers tried to go after kawhi? Where tf was i???
I thought this was the Clippers sub on my feed, for a sec.
Engagement posts like this are a little annoying lol. Hypotheticals that have nothing to do with the lakers
Thought Butler said he didnt wanna join as he’d rather face LBJ
3 titles and we’d be working on 4 right now
Knowing what we know now, we wouldn’t win a chip since Jeanie isn’t willing to go too deep into the luxury tax. Give me 2 superstars and depth > 3 superstars and no depth
Come on guys. Settle for what we have. We THERE!
I was thinking the same thing. People argued bad fit back then but Butler is too competitive not to make it work with LeBron of all people.
25 comments
We’ve gotten plenty of stars, let’s not get greedy
Plus Jimmy is already an honorary laker for stomping on the leprechauns
himmy butler cleared the east for us in 2020 i aint even mad
Not sure he had interest in signing with us. But it basically would’ve been Butler instead of Green and KCP.
Obviously a strong favorite to win in 2020.
Then no Schroder 2020 trade, and obviously no Westbrook 2021 trade.
Maybe one extra title? But it’s so hard to say for sure.
Yeah and if I remember it right, Butler was waiting for the Kawhi fall out too, but in the end decided not to wait and signed with the Heat. Lakers would have got him if they didn’t wait for Kawhi back then and went with Butler instead.
We can’t have them all, but much respect to Butler as a competitor. This is probably how a lot of teams felt about Kobe… multiplied by 10.
Were we ever in the mix for him?
He said no to kawhi that summer he was dead set on the heat
Durant, kawhi and us all tried to recruit him
Jimmy wanted the Heat & he wanted to be the Man.
Jimmy is the man. I hope this dude kills this fraud Celtics contender narrative.
Jimmy is the type of guy you need alongside AD to keep pushing him to go hard. Would be an insane duo if Bron left after next year.
Idk if jimmy and bron together would be as good. Jimmy with AD w jimmy being the alpha would be sick post Lebron
The spacing would’ve been as bad as it was with Westbrick and we probably would’ve been in a similar situtation
I remember Jimmy tweeting about his desire to play with LBJ and AD
I’m happy to watch Himmy Buckets with the Heat. I feel like this ramshackle team of cast offs is what he needs to really thrive. Butler is a beast when he’s down and out. I don’t think he’d have the same legacy if he had come to LA. This man absolutely FEEDS on adversity
It pains me we have to beat this guy to win a ring. He’s one of the few non lakers that I genuinely want to win a ring at least once, he deserves it
Wanna know something even crazier? We used our 2nd overall pick to select Lonzo. Jayson Tatum was the 3rd pick that same year.
There is no what if. We live in this timeline and whatever we did won us a championship. Enjoy the moment bro.
Don’t think he’d like the lakers with our shenanigans
The lakers tried to go after kawhi? Where tf was i???
I thought this was the Clippers sub on my feed, for a sec.
Engagement posts like this are a little annoying lol. Hypotheticals that have nothing to do with the lakers
Thought Butler said he didnt wanna join as he’d rather face LBJ
3 titles and we’d be working on 4 right now
Knowing what we know now, we wouldn’t win a chip since Jeanie isn’t willing to go too deep into the luxury tax. Give me 2 superstars and depth > 3 superstars and no depth
Come on guys. Settle for what we have. We THERE!
I was thinking the same thing. People argued bad fit back then but Butler is too competitive not to make it work with LeBron of all people.