Jimmy Butler Drama Made For Some Weird Moments In His Return vs Denver Nuggets

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We take a look at additional footage of Jimmy Butler post game to examine his facial expressions and body language. JFig points fingers at who the "people" Jimmy Butler was referring to...

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00:00Here was Jimmy Butler after the game on Friday.

00:03Did he answer questions?

00:04On Friday he did.

00:05On Friday he did.

00:08Why are we playing this game?

00:10Why not?

00:11You know what I mean.

00:12He goes, the truth is going to come out.

00:18I guess it's basketball at this point.

00:21I know what I'm expected to do while I'm here.

00:24Try to do it to the best of my ability, but

00:27we are where we are.

00:28How much uncertainty was there about playing tonight?

00:30How much uncertainty was there about playing tonight?

00:32Did you feel like you were going to play rockless this weekend?

00:34I knew I was going to play.

00:36Jimmy, there was a lot said the last couple of weeks.

00:37I know it's hard to clear everything up in one second,

00:39but what was the plan going forward when you knew you were coming back?

00:42Was this the plan?

00:43Did you know you were at seven games you were going to play tonight?

00:45Yeah.

00:46I mean, that's what they had told me.

00:50But it was a lot said by everybody,

00:53except for me, to tell you the truth.

00:55So we'll let people keep talking

00:57like they know everything, like they have all the answers.

01:00And then sooner or later, the whole truth will come out.

01:03But until then, we'll continue to let people talk.

01:06And if I'm here, I will get out there and play.

01:09You said that, how hard is it to separate fact from fiction for you?

01:12Do you even bother doing that when you hear the different things?

01:14I mean, is there anything particular with it?

01:16Is it just everything that's been said?

01:18No.

01:20I expect for people to talk.

01:23Half the reason is because

01:24don't nobody ever know what I'm really doing.

01:26So you just make up stuff, which is fine.

01:28And honestly, I really don't pay any attention to it.

01:33But I got people telling me, oh, they said this, they said that.

01:35And it's like, it's really all good.

01:38I don't have to clear anything up.

01:40So, you know, more power to you.

01:42Keep talking.

01:43And we'll see where we end up.

01:46I have a question.

01:48Sure.

01:50Who do you think the people he is referring to are?

01:54They.

01:56Or.

01:58What, me?

02:03People are saying.

02:05This is my favorite part.

02:07You saw the face.

02:08Wait, or this.

02:10Me.

02:14Very secretive points.

02:16No, no.

02:17I know you.

02:19You tried to get up there.

02:20No, I didn't.

02:21No, no, no.

02:22I asked him this first.

02:23Where were you?

02:24You saw the face.

02:25During the interview.

02:26Because was he.

02:27No, he wasn't.

02:28Did you go to Friday's game?

02:29Yeah.

02:30Oh, okay.

02:31Yeah.

02:32He told me he was going to Friday's.

02:33No, he said he didn't have no questions.

02:34I text you.

02:35I was behind three camera guys.

02:36So was it.

02:37So when he was.

02:38Will looks like Will was asking that question.

02:39Yeah.

02:40Because there was like four.

02:41There was like a camera fort above Wilman.

02:42So I had my like thing over because I have a pole.

02:45You know.

02:47And he looks like.

02:49Your presence is very noticeable in a room.

02:52That's why you made my presence.

02:55He did not see me.

02:56And I have.

02:57And by the way, it wouldn't matter if he did.

02:59Because I didn't do anything.

03:00So.

03:01So.

03:02I know.

03:03I know.

03:04I was listening.

03:05And by the way.

03:06He was giving me updates.

03:07Because I was texting him.

03:09Hey, what's going on?

03:10Dude.

03:11The energy in the intro.

03:15Did he go Jimmy Butler?

03:17No, no.

03:18They did everything.

03:19They introduced him last.

03:20But he didn't do his thing.

03:21Where he sits on the bench and waits for Bam.

03:23For them to do their handshake.

03:24He just walked out to the middle.

03:26I'll show you this.

03:27I'll show you the footage.

03:28He just like.

03:29He comes out.

03:30He's like, you know.

03:31Tyler's doing some.

03:32Some stretching.

03:33And then as soon as like.

03:34Why is he doing white man?

03:35Can't jump.

03:36I don't know.

03:37Why is Tyler?

03:38I don't know.

03:39I don't know, dude.

03:40He is.

03:41White flag.

03:42He is literally doing.

03:43He is.

03:44He is doing white man.

03:45Can't jump.

03:46Billy hoiled.

03:47Billy ho.

03:48Come on, Billy ho.

03:49Billy ho.

03:50So he like.

03:51Walks out to the middle.

03:52And he's like.

03:53He just.

03:54You know.

03:55He's like.

03:56Alright.

03:57Gotta get my game face on.

03:58As they start these intros.

03:59And then like.

04:00Once the intro start.

04:01Cause he's not there for his big intro.

04:02He's like.

04:03Just like.

04:04Alright.

04:05You know.

04:06Whatever guys.

04:07He's like.

04:08I'm not gonna look at anybody.

04:09I'm not gonna acknowledge anybody.

04:10I'm just gonna be out here.

04:11Doing my thing.

04:12Look at all of.

04:13Is there normally that many cameras?

04:14No.

04:15This was like a playoff game.

04:16No.

04:17There were a lot of cameras.

04:18There were a lot of people there.

04:19For.

04:20For this.

04:21But.

04:22It was just like.

04:23It was just weird.

04:24He's like.

04:25He's just like.

04:26Look at him.

04:27He's just like.

04:28Standing off to the side.

04:29Like he's normally on a chair right now.

04:30Waiting.

04:31He just shook hands with Tyler four times.

04:32He goes.

04:33Alright.

04:34You know what?

04:35Maybe they want to make sure.

04:36Stars don't have beef.

04:37So let's just make sure that.

04:38You know.

04:39We're all cool.

04:40Oh.

04:41Oh.

04:42Frosty with the hay one.

04:43Right?

04:44That was.

04:45That was Frosty.

04:46Wait.

04:47Nothing.

04:48Says that I don't like you, Jfig.

04:50As the drive by hip pack.

04:55Why better than me?

04:56Because I'm just saying.

04:57I've heard of I So Joe and I So Jimmy.

05:00You know how cool we are.

05:01Right?

05:02You always go back and forth.

05:04Hi, how you doing?

05:05If you haven't seen you in a while.

05:06What if.

05:07Right?

05:08If we ever go to like a company event and I just walk by you and go.

05:12Yo, rewind that.

05:13No, no.

05:14Rewind that.

05:15You didn't see that, you didn't see that.

05:17Rewind that again.

05:18Go back, right back.

05:19Five seconds, I want you to see.

05:21You're right.

05:21No interaction with anybody except for one person.

05:25And even he peeped like yo,

05:27you're really isolating yourself right now.

05:29You're frosty right now.

05:29Look what Tyler does.

05:32Yep, Tyler's the one who like tries to break the ice

05:34cause he's just like looking at this panel.

05:35Look what Tyler does and he don't do nothing.

05:36He doesn't, Tyler gives him a shoulder like come on.

05:40Nothing.

05:41You saw, did you see Bram's face?

05:43They're trying to loosen him up.

05:45They're trying to loosen him up.

05:46And he's like, nah.

05:47You know what's funny though?

05:49Dude, this is what I, remember what I told you before?

05:53Yeah.

05:55Your boys are gonna always be your most forgiving.

05:58But if you don't, if you don't approach that the right way

06:03and make them feel like, you know, they're with them.

06:08Right?

06:08It ain't gonna work.

06:09So if he would've like came in.

06:12Look at the face of the speech though.

06:13He's just like.

06:17Like he's about to say.

06:19Like, and look, well, you know what Tyler said?

06:25Tyler bumped him, bumped him.

06:27I'm the captain now.

06:30This was like, it's, look, I hate seeing this.

06:35I've had situations and football is a little different

06:39because there's a lot of moving parts.

06:42So you could put another guy in check

06:45or somebody could put me in check or whatever.

06:48And nobody would notice it

06:50because there's so many moving parts.

06:54But in a situation like that,

06:55like it seems like the players

06:58are trying to move on from this, you know,

07:02which I would say that's the biggest hurdle

07:05for Jimmy to get by.

07:07It's like his boys, his players,

07:10like, don't worry about Spoh.

07:12Don't worry about the organization.

07:15Don't worry.

07:15It's the players getting over that hump.

07:17And they all look like they were gonna try to just move on.

07:21Trying.

07:23Like.

07:24Then they got yo-kitched.

07:27He killed it.

07:28Jesus, he's good.

07:29So's Jamal.

07:31They can't beat that team.

07:32I mean, that's a great one-two punch, right?

07:35It's all right.

07:36It's all right.

07:37Against the Miami Heat.

07:39I would say the team doesn't reflect this,

07:44but Kyrie and Luka, right?

07:47I like watching that.

07:49Well, against the Heat,

07:51they haven't beaten that team in Miami

07:53since March of 2018 before Jimmy even got here.

07:56Right.

07:57You know the one guy that loves playing against you

07:59on that team is Aaron Gordon.

08:01Yeah.

08:02Yep.

08:03He always got 20 dunks.

08:06That pass, that no-look yo-kitch pass,

08:10and he just got himself with a tomahawk.

08:13And then, look out below.

08:17I don't know.

08:18That's, like, you forget.

08:20Oh, that's the slam dunk runner-up

08:22who should have been champion.

08:24You know he hates the Heat

08:25because he thinks D-Wade robbed him.

08:26Was that the greatest dunk competition you've ever seen?

08:31Either him or him and Levine.

08:32Yeah.

08:33And he won.

08:34Yeah.

08:35They were doing so many crazy dunks on first-time tries.

08:41Like, it wasn't like, nope.

08:43Like, wow.

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