Robert Covington, Dario Saric, Jerryd Bayless and a 2022 second-round pick — the package the Philadelphia 76ers dealt for Jimmy Butler was widely seen as fair. It’s the price you pay to star hunt.
The start of the Butler era was electric. He hit two game-winners in his first seven games, both in the form of a step-back 3, the kind of pull-up shot that no one could create before he joined the team. He was producing offensively unlike anyone else on the roster, while providing some brilliant defensive playmaking at the same time.