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Heat swingman Jimmy Butler isn’t ready to look back on the series-clinching shot that Kawhi Leonard hit in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals that ended the Sixers’ postseason aspirations. Via Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel: “No. I’m on a different team now,” Butler said, having signed with the Heat as […]

A strained right groin may keep point guard Goran Dragic out against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday, but it also may give Dion Waiters an opportunity to return to the Miami Heat’s rotation. Heat listing Goran Dragic as out for Tuesday in Toronto with a strained right groin. Door could be opened for Dion Waiters. […]

Jimmy Butler is expected to make his return to the Miami Heat lineup for Friday night’s home game against the Golden State Warriors, according to an official report from the team. Butler was held out of Wednesday night’s game against the Houston Rockets due to an illness. It was his second bout with an illness […]

Jimmy Butler’s hard-nosed style of play and personality is perfect for the Miami Heat since president Pat Riley loves that type of basketball. Butler is loving life right now. He’s living in beautiful Miami, has a new daughter and is the star player for the Heat, who are in a three-way tie for second place […]

The Miami Heat are likely to be without star forward Jimmy Butler for Wednesday’s game against the Houston Rockets due to an illness, head coach Erik Spoelstra told reporters, according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. This is coming at the heels of Butler expressing his admiration for Rockets shooting guard James Harden. Butler […]

Jimmy Butler only played one season with MVP Derrick Rose on the Chicago Bulls, but that one season was enough for Butler to know that prime D-Rose was something special. Butler says Rose, before the injuries, is the most unstoppable player he’s played with in his career, via The Players’ Tribune: “Man, I was there […]

Jimmy Butler says not everyone on the Philadelphia 76ers had a common goal of winning a championship last season. The Sixers lost to the Toronto Raptors in the second round of the playoffs in seven games on a Kawhi Leonard buzzer beater. Butler opted not to re-sign with the Sixers in free agency. He joined […]

Miami Heat swingman Jimmy Butler alluded to a potential reasoning for his decision to leave the Philadelphia 76ers and subsequently join the Heat this past summer after the Sixers thrashed Miami on Saturday night, though he would not go into detail. Butler told Michael Lee of The Athletic that “something happened” in Philadelphia that resulted in […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been extremely vocal about the love he has for former Sixers teammate Jimmy Butler, and he showed Butler love on Instagram following Philly’s 113-86 win over the Miami Heat on Saturday night. Embiid posted a photo of him guarding Butler, complete with a “It’s bigger than basketball” caption: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5PAMjzJH-Z/ […]

It was never going to be a happy reunion for Jimmy Butler and the Philadelphia 76ers, but the intensity of the boos and jeering Sixers fans laid out on the Miami Heat shooting swingman still caught some people off guard. However, Butler knew coming into the Wells Fargo Center that it was going to happen. […]

As expected, Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler was heavily booed by Sixers fans on Saturday in his return to Philadelphia. Jimmy Butler met with quite a few boos tonight in team introductions. pic.twitter.com/ewuVTrxKXa — NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) November 24, 2019 Butler played 55 games for the Sixers last season after the team acquired him […]

Former Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning is really liking what he is seeing from Jimmy Butler and the rest of the crew in South Beach this season. Butler, the new franchise player for the Heat in the post-Dwyane Wade era, has Miami off to a 10-3 start. Mourning says he’s very impressed with how selfless […]

Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen says Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is one of his favorite players of all-time. Boylen was an assistant coach under Fred Hoiberg for two years while Butler was still on the Bulls. Jim Boylen just shared hug with Jimmy Butler and then called him one of his favorite players […]

The Chicago Bulls honored Luol Deng on Wednesday against the Detroit Pistons, a game Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler wishes he could have attended. Deng was Butler’s mentor with the Bulls before Chicago traded Luol to the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2013-14 season. Back in Chicago on Friday to face the Bulls, Butler talked about […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler returns to Wells Fargo Center on Saturday to face the Philadelphia 76ers. Butler played 55 games for the Sixers last season after the team acquired him from the Minnesota Timberwolves. The four-time All-Star small forward got multiple standing ovations from the Philly crowd during the 2019 playoffs, but that’s likely […]

Though they’re together now, there was a time when Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra shared a rivalry with Jimmy Butler and the Chicago Bulls. Spoelstra says he and Butler discuss their former rivalry from time to time, hearkening back to the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals. It was a time in which LeBron James was […]

Jimmy Butler’s venture with the Miami Heat has been going better than anticipated, as his team is flying high with a 10-3 record and four straight wins to put them in third place in the Eastern Conference. Butler was grinning from ear to ear, even after coming back into familiar soil, set to face his […]

Throughout his NBA career, Jimmy Butler has earned the reputation of being something of a rough teammate. It began in his final seasons with the Chicago Bulls and then really blew up with the Minnesota Timberwolves, when he took part in a dramatic practice session to prove a point and help force his way out. […]

Kawhi Leonard’s series-clinching three in Game 7 of the 2019 Eastern Conference Semifinals had several implications for Jimmy Butler, who was then playing for the Sixers. Many favored the Sixers to win the East, but Leonard’s fortunate bounce sent the Sixers home packing and led the Raptors to their first championship in franchise history. A […]

Jimmy Butler gave former teammate Joel Embiid some praise of the highest order, not only calling him the best player in the league but also attesting to his talent level and dedication to be recognized as just that. The now-Miami Heat star jelled with the Philadelphia 76ers talisman in ways he hasn’t meshed with other […]

While most of the media is focusing on other teams through the early stages of this season, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are quietly off to the best start in franchise history. The only question is: are they for real? For Butler, the answer is yes. “We can’t keep surprising people,” Butler said after […]

The Miami Heat are off to an excellent start to this season, and Jimmy Butler wants everyone to know that they are “for real.” Butler and the Heat have won four straight games, including Wednesday night’s 124-100 thrashing of the Cavs. Miami is 10-3 overall, which ties the best 13-game start in team history (the […]

Jimmy Butler is loving life right now. He’s living in beautiful Miami, has a new daughter and is the star player for the Miami Heat, who are 9-3 on the season. Butler has been fitting in with the Heat very well so far. Why? Because the franchise is allowing the four-time All-Star to be himself: […]

Jimmy Butler currently leads the Miami Heat in scoring and assists. The four-time All-Star is averaging a team-high 18.4 points and 7.2 assists through the Heat’s first 12 games. Heat legend Udonis Haslem admits he didn’t know how unselfish Butler is, while rookie Kendrick Nunn says the 30-year-old is “a great passer.” “I didn’t know […]

Miami Heat star small forward Jimmy Butler intends to play against the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday despite dealing with an illness. However, the Heat will be without point guard Goran Dragic who is sick as well. Jimmy Butler is questionable but intends to play and Goran Dragic will not play tonight. Both dealing with […]

Back in October 2018, the Minnesota Timberwolves were in panic mode, as star wing Jimmy Butler made it obvious that he did not want to be there and threw an infamous tantrum in practice to try and force his way out. But even though the Timberwolves were panicking, they somehow settled for a trade offer […]

NBA icon Dwyane Wade is pleased with the way Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are performing through the early stages of this season. Miami is carrying a 6-3 record through their first nine games of this campaign, and Butler is playing well. The former Marquette Golden Eagle has made six appearances with the Heat […]

On Thursday against the Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat rookie Tyler Herro told All-Star small forward Jimmy Butler to get out of his way because he wanted to guard Suns star Devin Booker. Both Herro and Booker played their college ball at Kentucky, so the Heat youngster took his matchup with Booker — one of the […]

Jimmy Butler trotted out a 30-point half after mostly filling in the gaps during his first four games with the team after the birth of his daughter. That barrage of buckets helped the Miami Heat trot out a 124-108 effort to light out the Phoenix Suns. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was glad to finally […]

Jimmy Butler had one heck of a game against the Phoenix Suns and we can’t blame him if he wanted the spotlight all for himself on Thursday night. Led by Butler’s 34 points, the Miami Heat sent the surging Phoenix Suns back to earth with a 124-108 victory at the Talking Stick Resort Arena. The […]

Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat notched 30 points in the first half against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. Those 30 points in one half matched a feat not done by a Heat player since LeBron James was taking Miami to the NBA Finals every season: Jimmy Butler is the first Heat player with […]

Miami Heat swingman Jimmy Butler is pretty much unstoppable when he gets it going on offense – regardless if he has two shoes on or not. With under two minutes left in the second quarter of the Heat versus Phoenix Suns clash on Thursday, the 30-year-old wing player lost his right shoe after bumping into […]

Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat exploded for 30 points in the first half against the Phoenix Suns with 18 of those points coming in the first half. Jimmy Butler had a near perfect 1st half 🔥 30 PTS9/10 FG2/2 3PT10/10 FT pic.twitter.com/yKRi3w0uhP — Bleacher Report NBA (@BR_NBA) November 8, 2019 Butler is slowly getting […]

Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams and Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler were together in Philadelphia last season when Butler was on the Sixers and Williams was an assistant coach. Williams and the Suns host Butler and the Heat on Thursday. At the Suns’ pregame shootaround, Williams said “there’s nothing” Butler can’t do on a […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler recently said he knew he could play in the NBA after seeing Lance Stephenson play. Stephenson reacted to Butler’s comment by saying, “That boy look up to me, don’t downgrade talent. I motivate you to work hard and get in that gym. You love my game don’t be scared to […]

Jimmy Butler threw shade at Lance Stephenson in a recent interview, and all fans knew it was only a matter of time before “Born Ready” clapped back. The outspoken Miami Heat forward recently claimed that he knew he could cut it in the NBA after seeing a guy like Stephenson make it. Stephenson, who now […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler knew he could play in the NBA after seeing Lance Stephenson play. Butler, who has turned himself into one of the best two-way players in the game, was on Vince Carter’s podcast and told the Atlanta Hawks veteran that seeing Stephenson play in the NBA was a sign that he […]

Yes, the most notable highlight of the young 2019-20 NBA season for the Minnesota Timberwolves has been Karl-Anthony Towns getting into a fight with Joel Embiid. This comes after Towns, Jimmy Butler, and the Timberwolves had their ugly falling-out last season, which concluded with the organization trading Butler and finishing with a losing record (36-46). […]

The Miami Heat was one of the teams expected to fight for one of the last few playoff spots in the East. Yet they have impressed early, getting off to a 5-1 start and standing second in the conference after leading the league in point differential (plus-11.2 points per game). New franchise star Jimmy Butler […]