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No, Jimmy Butler didn't. Initially he wanted a short term deal but he came to his senses and signed a 5 year, 95 million dollar extension.
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he played the 14-15 season instead of signing the extension ( 4 years 44mil) making him a RFA at the end of that year
there was even talk of the Lakers going after Jimmy butler ( even tho he was an unrestricted FA) but maybe not all laker "fans " go back that far
chicago ended up offering him his full max without butler even testing the market
chicago lowballed him then had to pay 50 mil more to retain him
but yeah jimmy is the one " who came to his senses"