Jimmy Butler has played with quite a few coaches during his time in the NBA and last night, he was asked to rank some of them in a way that certainly made him a tiny bit uncomfortable. To add some context here, Butler was on Instagram live with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, who asked him to play a game of "fuck, marry, kill" where he had to choose between three coaches: Brett Brown, Tom Thibodeau, and Erik Spoelstra."
Butler decided to go with a safer for work approach as he classified kill as "ghost," fuck as "Netflix and Chill," and he kept marry the same. As you can see from the video below, he ultimately chose to ghost Brett Brown of the Sixers, chill with Tom Thibodeau - formerly of the Timberwolves - and marries Erik Spoelstra, who is his current coach in Miami.
Based on these choices, it's apparent that Butler is going the safer, more political route. Thibodeau was one of the few coaches who understood Butler, while Spoelstra has had quite a bit of success in Miami. As for Brown, Butler's distaste for his offensive schemes are well-documented. It really shouldn't be surprising that he ghosted him.
As for this clip, we really wish the NBA would just come back already.
Erik Spoelstra Upset Over Jimmy Butler’s All-Star Snub: "It’s A Joke"
Butler’s absence was a shocking snub from the all-star lineup.
Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is not happy with Jimmy Butler’s all-star snub.
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According to ESPN, Spoelstra called it a “joke,” and said that the entire process is outdated.
“I just think it’s ridiculous that we’re still in these antiquated positions,” Spoelstra told reporters prior to Friday night’s 122-117 loss to the LA Clippers. “So who’s to say what position Jimmy is? Does it matter? I put him No. 2 on my [lineup] card. So I go Kendrick Nunn, Jimmy Butler, Duncan Robinson, I go Bam [Adebayo] and then Meyers [Leonard]. But you could flip any one of those guys around. And in many ways he’s our point guard. So should he be in the All-Star Game as a point guard? I don’t know.”
“These are such antiquated labels that I feel like we’ve moved on from that years ago when we started talking about positionless [players]. But either way, regardless of how you want to label it or discuss it, Jimmy Butler should be a starter in this All-Star Game. It’s a joke that he’s not. Hopefully, this will change things in the future.”
Spoelstra wasn’t the only one to take issue with Butler’s absence. After the starters were announced, fans let their anger be known across Twitter.
The All-Star game is scheduled for February 16th at 8:00 PM.
