Former Miami Heat star Chris Bosh thinks Jimmy Butler will bring “healthy tension” to Miami and that it will ultimately be good for the team.
Butler has a reputation as a locker room chemistry killer and had issues with the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves.
However, Chris Bosh thinks Butler's hard-nosed style of play and personality will be perfect for the Heat.
“They have to learn him. He has to learn them,” Bosh said, via The Miami Herald. “But tension is good. Healthy tension is good. And I think Jimmy brings that. That’s one of the points I always like to make when I say ‘tension,' because people take that as a bad thing. People might take that as a bad thing, but sometimes locker-room tension is good, and a healthy dose of it, of team tension, is good, because you have to perform.
“That’s one of the things about the Heat — you’re out there, you got to win. It doesn’t matter. It’s a championship culture that they’ve built. And that’s not always the easiest environment to be in, because there’s always the want to be better. There’s always the drive. Spo wants to be good. He wants them to be in shape. He wants to go now. Pat, he wanted to go 10 years ago. It’s just a different dynamic. And they’re going to have to learn one another. But it’s healthy tension. I think the tension he’s going to bring is the want to win. And then to win, hopefully that’ll propel them.”
Jimmy Butler is one of the best two-way players in the game. The Heat are confident Butler will be on his best behavior in South Beach since he’s playing for Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra.
Last season with the Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers, Butler averaged 18.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists while shooting 46.2 percent from the field, 34.7 percent from beyond the arc and 85.5 percent from the free-throw line.
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