The NBA trade deadline has passed… and Jimmy Butler is NOT a Memphis Grizzly. PRAISE THE LORD!!! Jimmy would have been poison in the Memphis locker room. His bad attitude could have been contagious to an impressionable Ja Morant. We don’t need or want Jimmy here.
Jimmy did, however, achieve his goal of getting out of Miami. Not only did Golden State accept him in a trade, they gave him a 2-year, $111M max extension.
Anyone else think Jimmy and Draymond Green are gonna mix like oil and water?
Prediction: An intra-Warriors locker room brawl will break out sometime in 2025. And I for one can’t wait for that to happen, because DRAY. WILL. BEAT. JIMMY’S. ASS.
The Grizzlies sent Marcus Smart and a 2025 first-round pick to the Washington Wizards and got back two second-rounders. That will reduce their total salary, which is needed because the Grizzlies have to offer Jaren Jackson Jr. an extension this summer and doing so won’t be cheap.
Today is National Fettucine Alfredo Day and National Patty Melt Day.
The DMC has a list of Downtown Valentine’s Day events, not all of which are on the 14th.
Chris Hill plays Saturday brunch at Slider Inn Downtown tomorrow.
Aldo’s Pizza Pies has SB-inspired pizza specials Sat-Sun:
THE KANSAS CITY
BBQ sauce base, Aldo’s 5-Cheese Blend, beef brisket burnt ends, red & yellow peppers, BBQ sauce + slaw
THE PHILLY
poblano cream base, Aldo’s 5-Cheese Blend, ribeye, green pepper, mushroom, red onion + provolone
Back tomorrow with WWE Smackdown results from FedExForum and whatever other news I can scrounge up. YEET
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