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Shaq, Nash, Moses — Sixers allowing Jimmy Butler to walk is now one of the all-time free-agent blunders

Jimmy Butler is back in the NBA Finals for the second time since 2020. He led the Miami Heat to the Eastern Conference Finals (or beyond) three times in the four years since the Sixers opted to let him walk during the summer of 2019. The now five-time All-NBA superstar gears up Thursday to win his first-ever championship.

Butler’s status in the league (and on the all-time list, really) has only continued to grow in the seasons since he donned the red, white and blue.

By now, you may be exhausted from the Jimmy Butler was a Sixer and now he is not storylines.