Jimmy Butler is not backing down from anything as he prepares to face the Miami Heat for the first time since being traded to Golden State.
The Warriors forward had a fiery response Monday when asked if he had a response for Heat fans who grew tired of him in Miami. Butler essentially asked if those fans feel the same way about how stagnant the team itself has become.
“I wonder if they look at the Heat the same way. It ain’t like I was the one who was doing everything,” Butler said.
Asked about Heat fans who grew to disdain him, Butler said: “I wonder if they look at the Heat the same way. It ain’t like I was the one who was doing everything."
Butler has to feel a bit vindicated by the Heat’s struggles since the trade. Miami had lost ten in a row before beating the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. Clearly, their issues ran much deeper than just Butler and whatever disruption he was creating.
Butler and Heat president Pat Riley had a major falling out this year that culminated in a trade demand and multiple suspensions. Some fans in Miami grew weary of Butler after he asked for the trade, but Butler’s argument is that the organization was every bit as guilty as he was in the outcome. He has previously suggested that the Heat were to blame for the collapse of his relationship with the team.
Now with the Warriors, Butler is thriving, and he has been pretty dismissive of the Heat as he readies himself for Tuesday’s game. This is just further evidence that whatever is going on now in Miami has him completely unbothered.
