Former Los Angeles Laker Lance Stephenson couldn’t find a home in the NBA season after the Lakers decided to move on, but allow his game to be disrespected by anyone.
While on the ‘The Ringer’s Winging it With Vince Carter’ podcast Jimmy Butler detailed the thought process behind the self-realization that he could make it in the league. He used Lance Stephenson who currently plays for the Liaoning Flying Leopards in the Chinese Basketball Association as his personal barometer for the minimal talent needed to make an NBA roster.
This, of course, didn’t sit well with Lance Stephenson who took to social media to remind Jimmy Butler to put some respect on his name.
Candid comments from Jimmy Butler as of late have been a pretty normal occurrence with the Miami Heat guard recently taking shots at his former team, and the NBA got its lack of recruiting him in free agency.
The 76ers may remain quiet about what went on behind closed doors that ultimately made Jimmy Butler walk out the door but as for Lance Stephenson no matter how the Far East he finds himself, nobody will get away trashing his game.
Flip through the pages to see Lance Stephenson’s response to Jimmy Butler as well as the clip that ignited this war of words.