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

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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 06: Minnesota Timberwolves Guard Jimmy Butler (23) looks on before an NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Clippers on December 6, 2017 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)

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

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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.

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

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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