Jackie Mac says he is already on thin ice to boot, here are her comments:
“I think he’s on thin ice, Zach,” MacMullan said of Butler. “I think he’s on thin ice. And I think he’s a very talented player and no one has ever called him soft either, he’s a very tough player. On paper, he would be exactly what you’d want on a team. He’s not a selfish player, I would never say that about him. He defends, boy does he defend. He gets at it. He makes good decisions on the offensive end of the floor. I don’t know him well enough to know, is it real or is it bravado—this whole idea that I’m going to take everyone on.
“I can tell you, having spent a couple of days in Philadelphia, they don’t love it.”
Between that and his injury it becomes harder to imagine him signing there. Giving up Roco and Saric for 6 months of Butler would be pretty tough to swallow for philly.