NBA Fans Have All The Jimmy Butler Jokes Following The ESPN News Regarding Rachel Nichols

ESPN dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, announcing that they were canceling Rachel Nichols’ show “The Jump”, and pulling her from all NBA duties.

Rachel Nichols Removed From All NBA Programming, NBA Jump Cancelled https://t.co/cCrYNCLNV3

— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) August 25, 2021

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It has been a wildly controversial year for Rachel Nichols, who made some damning comments about how she felt colleague Maria Taylor was getting preferential treatment because of her race.

Along with that leaked phone call was a crazy rumor that Nichols had a fling with heat star Jimmy Butler during the NBA Bubble Playoffs last season.

Rumors Surface About Jimmy Butler, Rachel Nicholshttps://t.co/FZPZsYOh3w

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Sure enough, fans took to social media to share some Jimmy Butler jokes after the Rachel Nichols news broke on Wednesday.

Jimmy Butler after hearing about what happened to Rachel Nichols pic.twitter.com/H4oRwsCSso

— Wilt Chamberlain Burner (@Wilts_Burner) August 25, 2021

Jimmy Butler storming into ESPN headquarters after Rachel Nichols got fired pic.twitter.com/lMrKVB4mO8

— Derek Kudjer (@koojababy) August 25, 2021

Jimmy Butler when he sees that Rachel Nichols got fired pic.twitter.com/Z4RKRA9bLN

— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) August 25, 2021

Jimmy Butler spotting Rachel Nichols on the streets….. pic.twitter.com/aYq5FrxEYl

— Gamer1🎮🕹 (@LFCFanClub3) August 25, 2021

Jimmy Butler next NBA season now that he dont gotta waste his energy blowing Rachel Nichols back out before the Game https://t.co/EtpMZq0CUw

— 🥶🔥 (@IonCheat) August 25, 2021

Jimmy Butler when he sees what happened to Rachel Nichols. #RachelNichols pic.twitter.com/lACWZcJfd5

— Drippykhaby (@Dat_boydrippy) August 25, 2021

Jimmy Butler and Rachel Nichols have not spoken on the wild rumors surrounding them on social media, and I wouldn’t expect them too.

It will be interesting to see what ESPN decides to do with Nichols after she specialized in NBA coverage for many years for the network.

It kind of feels like the two parties may be going their separate ways very soon.

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