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Jimmy Butler using talks with Sixers’ teammates to steepen his learning curve on court

Communication is key in any relationship, and those on a basketball court are no different. That's a good thing because Jimmy Butler likes to talk.

He likes talking to his teammates and he actively talks in timeouts. He's talking when he's on defense, on the bench, in the locker room, with the media, and anywhere else.

"That's how he's wired," Brett Brown said Friday after the Sixers 113-107 home win over the Utah Jazz. "I love it. He can talk and he can say, 'No, I don't agree with that, but that's a hell of an idea,' and it's a real conversation, it's great.