“We’re all sitting in there, and nothing got accomplished, at all. So I was like, and I told you this as we walked out: ‘JJ, why would I ever go back in there again? Nothing’s getting accomplished. Nobody’s saying nothing to anybody and we’re just sitting in here watching film, and you can literally hear the thing just clicking, and we’re all just looking around.’

“But you gotta think, now, I may have been two, three weeks there tops. So, you know what, I’m sitting back and I’m watching. I ain’t saying nothing, because don’t nobody know me like that. … So I’m sitting back and I’m relaxing, I’m like: ‘These motherf–kers think I’m an assh–e anyways, let me be quiet.’ So I’m sitting back and I’m hearing the click, click, looking around, click, click. ‘Alright guys, let’s go practice.’ Why did we just go through this? That’s literally what was going on in my head.

“So I come to you, I said: ‘JJ, why would I go back in there again? We didn’t do nothing. Nothing got accomplished.’ So, now we fast forward to how many other weeks is over there and we’re in Portland, and that happens during a film session because, once again, wasn’t nobody saying nothing. So who was the individual who finally decided to finally say something?”

While the report regarding that incident may have added to the notion that Butler was difficult to work with, Wojnarowski and Shelburne did note that Brown told people within the Sixers organization that he had “no issues” with the exchange and felt it was “within the confines of the relationship that he has developed with Butler.”

Redick brought up a detail of the incident involving T.J. McConnell, the guard. Redick made light of Butler’s “throwing him under the bus” comment when he said, “T.J. wants more pick-and-rolls,” in response to Brown’s inquiry about the players’ desired offensive modifications.

Butler claimed he had spoken to five people who wanted Brown to make some objectionable adjustments, but he denied specifically naming McConnell. During the meeting, Butler claimed he locked eyes with McConnell when no one else spoke.

Butler wanted McConnell and everyone else to know one basic fact: “It’s OK to speak your mind.” He did, however, recall that McConnell stumbled a little when put on the position.

The choice to have Butler stay in Philadelphia may be the enduring memory that some people have of his time there.

Butler admitted to asking Brown to handle the ball more often, but he said he felt it was a mistake to make such a drastic switch: