When the Sixers first acquired Butler in 2018, they only had to trade Robert Covington and Dario Saric with no first-round picks. Butler had been making himself a nuisance with the Minnesota Timberwolves, which destroyed his trade value.

To Nurse's point, the Sixers were having a ton of success running the two-man game with Tyrese Maxey and Embiid. It was important for Philadelphia to run things on that end to a T meaning it was on Embiid and Maxey to lead the way. The Jazz tried to help, but they couldn't leave George too often.