Overview
- Watson detailed the episode on a Bucks Plus Audio podcast released December 16, with outlets amplifying his account on December 19–20.
- He says Sarver summoned him to discuss a Booker-for-Butler swap with then-GM Ryan McDonough involved.
- Watson claims he told team leadership he would quit immediately if Booker was traded, and the deal did not occur.
- Booker remained in Phoenix and later became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer with multiple All-Star and All-NBA honors.
- Coverage frames this as Watson’s recollection without independent documentation, while Butler has since changed teams and now plays for the Warriors.