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Should the Sixers consider a Paul George for Jimmy Butler swap?

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Kyle Neubeck
January 28, 2025
Jimmy Butler driving against the Blazers.
Jan 21, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) drives to the basket past Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons (1) during the second quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

If Philadelphia loves anything, it's pining after the star athlete who got away from them because of organizational mismanagement. And Jimmy Butler's departure in 2019 sure feels like that now, as it has nearly every year since he took his talents to South Beach.
Yahoo's Vince Goodwill has reported repeatedly since last summer that Joel Embiid wanted Butler on the Sixers above all other options, and his latest dispatch says the Sixers could be back in the mix for their former star as the price for Butler falls. And, basically by necessity with the CBA rules, it would have to be a swap of Butler for Paul George.

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