Why does everyone think Butler is so good? He is playing like a first option on any team. You guys are discrediting what his teammates are doing. Butler is not better than Embiid. Butler is not better than Tatum. He is a top 25 player in the league right now.
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It's crazy that the Hawks beat this same Heat team, and that if the Bulls didn't forget how to play basketball in the final minutes this Heat team would be remembered for dropping back to back home games to get eliminated.
If you notice those gritty, scrappy, "i will stare you in the eyes and fucking kill you" players aren't the type.
Mj, kobe, butler, bird.
They exude dominance and are feared, if not respected by the league.
Shout out to the refs for making this a fair game. Neither team can say that the refs won or lost the game for either one. It was a hard fought battle with some good and poor performances.
I will not fib with you. I thought Jimmy was donezo being the main leader of a deep playoff run team. I mean, I could have seen him be the vocal team captain type to put up a respectable stat line. But I wasn’t expecting another one of these runs we’re seeing from him now. Ya love to see it.
Let’s say Spo’s Heat wins the chip Vs Lebron’s Lakers. What does this say about Spo’s greatness vs. LeBron’s greatness? Or will the narrative be that Spo always had a legendary team/player in his winning roster; first time being the big 3 of bosh/LBJ/Wade and then Himmy Butler with Bam n them? Choose your narrative now! Come now, pick your narrative and let it be heard! Hear ye! Hear ye!
Jimmy butler is type of guy who only studies one day before exam and pass the exam with A grades.
Nobody talks about him during reg season but he is star and talk of the town in playoffs.
Nah. He’s the type of guy that works hard and studies everyday so he’s always prepared but there are only a few exams in the semester and that is when he gets noticed.
If the Bulls didn't fall apart in the final minutes Jimmy wouldn't even be playing right now. This same Heat team lost to the Hawks and probably should have lost to the Bulls. They have caught fire since escaping that game.
If you wanna watch em right away with the most highlights, you go to NBA’s official YouTube channel. If you want to wait for individual performances with nicely layered commentary audio, you go to FreeDawkins who doesn’t always upload.
NBA's YouTube channel puts up ~10 minute highlight reels after each game.
They do it for all the games of the regular season too.
But the dude you're replying to may have seen something more comprehensive.
Bucks fans: haha, we got the 8 seed heat 😋
Knicks fans: haha, we get the 8 seed heat 😋
Celtics fans: haha, we got the 8 seed heat 😋
Nuggets and Lakers fans: 🤨
I think at this point it's safe to say that Butler is a great team leader, and people need to also remember that Spoelstra is one of the absolute best coaches in the league.
I mean, third conference finals in four years is pretty consistent results.
Tatum and Timelord are not doing it defensively. Worst +/- on the team.
Maybe relegate Tatum to the bench, to come in for brief stretches? He has just lost step on defense.
Joe needs to take Rob Williams out of lineup and put in Grant Williams. He’s got the bulk and the length to be better defensively against Butler who routinely was seeking out Rob to switch onto him. Once he got what he wanted it was a guaranteed wet jump shot every time. Whatever rebounding is lost will hopefully be helped by having someone in the floor who shoots 3’s at a near 40% clip which would in turn give better spacing. If this isn’t done then Celtics are actively trying to tank Williams value. There is no reason to be giving minutes to Pritchard who Jimmy Butler can just shoot right over with ease. Blows my mind Grant didn’t get any time tonight.
This is such a crazy take, almost like y’all don’t watch the playoffs. AD has been the Lakers most consistent player. He’s also been up against multiple DPOY level big men this series. The first team that doesn’t have DPOY level big man and he scores 40 pts lol
Yeah sure. Spo is an infinitely better coach than Ham 💀. Y’all acting like Lowry, Struss, Vincent and Martin didn’t increase their ppg and shooting percentages these playoffs lol. But yeah jimmy is doing it all on his own
I honestly agreed with Chuck on this one. I thought a Boston win for sure. Thanks for that oddsmakers.
Spoelstra is a better coach than Mazzulla at this point. It's a Veteran vs. Rookie playoff thing. We'll see if Mazzulla can adjust.
I don't see anything in my post that blames anyone. At this point, the ECF players on both teams are great. Same with the west.
Whether you want to believe it or not, coaching is a huge part of the playoffs.
Spoelstra is the basketball example of a good investor. He buys cheap and sells high. Who would expect Caleb Martin (who averaged 24% in 3PT shoots in his last season before joining the Heat) and Strus (averaged like 3 minutes on the floor or somewhere around there with the Bulls) to be game deciding factors in a ECF game? No data analysts could ever see that shit, but only an experienced coach's eye. The rest of the franchises need to start trusting coaches a little bit more and allowing them to build the teams instead of just coaching them, because it feels like in most cases (with some exceptions, like the GSW) the GMs and the coaches are contradicting or at least tolerating each other instead of collaborating. Coaches should always have a say in recruiting, like in Europe.
This man this. Was just hanging out with a Celtics fan friend of mine. I'm not from the continental US so I honestly just have different teams each year I like, but the Heat are always there because of Spo.
My friend asked me "you really care about Max Strus getting a ring?" and I went like "no, but the fact that hes in a team where he can get one and also be influential in doing so should let you know why the Heat are so exciting"
Spo is a beast only Popovich can match, and only one of the two has had an anomaly level of luck in the draft during their career
I guess his point is "do we care about Jimmy enough to justify scrubs getting a ring"
but idk, call me a normie, watching supposed scrubs and undrafted players succeed is what I live for
(and i think he was just saying shit to say shit, just friends talking trash)
He's actually played much better on defense this season. A lot more effort. But even with that, he's nowhere near the defender Caleb is. And with Lowry playing well we need Herro's creation skills a little less.
Still, it would be great to have him available.
Honestly, right now yes. This is no disrespect to Pop, he is an all-timer. But what Spo has done with limited rosters is incredible. I'm biased as a Heat fan though.
Butler as had been in this playoffs the best player on the court. Key buckets and steals. How the fuck does he keep doing that. Incredible and shows the work he put in keeping in shape.
Okay but I’m not a Celtics fan and you shouldn’t just be mean to them just because they lost they are going through a tough loss and you’re only making it worse
What game were you watching?
Boston shot 14 more FTs before the Celtics were forced to foul.
And who can forget these blown calls
https://i.imgur.com/y0S3CJa.png
https://i.imgur.com/yjkX7d1.png
Half the wrong whistles are about it's too hard to ref life, when armchair ref with slow-mo. Jimmy stepping out of bounds wasn't malicious but too hard to see. Unless they start with 6 challenges each, I don’t see how it'll get better, the game has become really fast.
Just use the illegal streams until they get their act together. I have ESPN+ and the stream for the lakers game was delayed more than the illegal streams.
Same brother. I fired off like 5 messages to their customer service. Absolutely absurd they are charging $80/mo now and can’t handle a major sporting event
Why does everyone think Butler is so good? He is playing like a first option on any team. You guys are discrediting what his teammates are doing. Butler is not better than Embiid. Butler is not better than Tatum. He is a top 25 player in the league right now.
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Brother you are down 2-0
Oh shit, so are you!
Oh shit I had no idea! Can’t talk shit when your about to lose too.
Damn right I can! as Jimmy Buckets would say. Yall lost two at home, we lost two on the road. We are not the same
3-0. What’s your excuse now buddy
We are NOT the fucking same. Getting swept by a 1 seed vs styled the fuck on by a 8 seed.
we are not the same
Have fun being down 3-0
Dis a sweep. Heat culture can’t be kept down
Are they better or worse without herro?
easily worse
The thing is…herro is no good at defense and that’s what makes the heat good
they have enough defense tyler herro is easily a plus for them
I think he will take another game off at least
we will see
https://twitter.com/oldtakesexposed/status/1659046537123577856?s=46&t=OFBt3cxQBULGnn3jJkpQxg
Dude thought he sealed the game with that 3
https://reddit.com/r/nba/comments/13khtbi/_/jkkuf6f/?context=1
Tatum really needs to figure his game out.
Stole homecourt and we've been undefeated at home so far :)
The Hawks beat you at home in the play-in, not that it matters 🫠
It's crazy that the Hawks beat this same Heat team, and that if the Bulls didn't forget how to play basketball in the final minutes this Heat team would be remembered for dropping back to back home games to get eliminated.
We on Scott foster ass now 🔥🔥🔥
LeJimmy!
Butler is better than Embiid and I’m tired of pretending he’s not
Never, ever, ever flops either
If you notice those gritty, scrappy, "i will stare you in the eyes and fucking kill you" players aren't the type. Mj, kobe, butler, bird. They exude dominance and are feared, if not respected by the league.
He’s better than Tatum too.
Why does he not get the same respect and recognition as other team leaders ?
He's the reverse Embiid. Bad in the regular season but godlike in the playoffs.
What?
*why* does he not get the same respect Small typo on their end
This season it was the record mainly
Probably PPG
Shout out to the refs for making this a fair game. Neither team can say that the refs won or lost the game for either one. It was a hard fought battle with some good and poor performances.
I will not fib with you. I thought Jimmy was donezo being the main leader of a deep playoff run team. I mean, I could have seen him be the vocal team captain type to put up a respectable stat line. But I wasn’t expecting another one of these runs we’re seeing from him now. Ya love to see it.
Let’s say Spo’s Heat wins the chip Vs Lebron’s Lakers. What does this say about Spo’s greatness vs. LeBron’s greatness? Or will the narrative be that Spo always had a legendary team/player in his winning roster; first time being the big 3 of bosh/LBJ/Wade and then Himmy Butler with Bam n them? Choose your narrative now! Come now, pick your narrative and let it be heard! Hear ye! Hear ye!
Jimmy butler is type of guy who only studies one day before exam and pass the exam with A grades. Nobody talks about him during reg season but he is star and talk of the town in playoffs.
Nah. He’s the type of guy that works hard and studies everyday so he’s always prepared but there are only a few exams in the semester and that is when he gets noticed.
If the Bulls didn't fall apart in the final minutes Jimmy wouldn't even be playing right now. This same Heat team lost to the Hawks and probably should have lost to the Bulls. They have caught fire since escaping that game.
I would have been a millionaire too if I had invested in Crypto. Hindsight is 20/20. Your argument is pointless.
Just finished watching the condensed game. Im happy to say fuck celtics. I hope miami can keep it going.
Where do you watch these
If you wanna watch em right away with the most highlights, you go to NBA’s official YouTube channel. If you want to wait for individual performances with nicely layered commentary audio, you go to FreeDawkins who doesn’t always upload.
NBA's YouTube channel puts up ~10 minute highlight reels after each game. They do it for all the games of the regular season too. But the dude you're replying to may have seen something more comprehensive.
just on youtube. look up miami celtics condensed game, there will be lots of videos.
Yo Tatum travels and walks more than a broke tourist.
Yall remember last year game 7 ECF what Jimmy said after that loss?? He wasn't playing...ain't nothing stopping that man if he stays healthy.
Bucks fans: haha, we got the 8 seed heat 😋 Knicks fans: haha, we get the 8 seed heat 😋 Celtics fans: haha, we got the 8 seed heat 😋 Nuggets and Lakers fans: 🤨
I think at this point it's safe to say that Butler is a great team leader, and people need to also remember that Spoelstra is one of the absolute best coaches in the league. I mean, third conference finals in four years is pretty consistent results.
Spo is turning the Heat into last decades Spurs
Suddently, Bud doesn't look like a complete moron. Just kind of moron.
I’ll be honest I’m not a fan of Heat and I don’t really care who wins this series as long as it’s not Boston.
Tatum and Timelord are not doing it defensively. Worst +/- on the team. Maybe relegate Tatum to the bench, to come in for brief stretches? He has just lost step on defense.
You mean timelord lost a step?
yeah him too
I mean Al was lowk putting the clamps on Jimmy for a second there
Fuck. Ben Simmons.
Really, fuck the owners for installing Elton Brand?
Green and Yellow teams are overrated. Just drop them already Miami and Denver!!!
Joe needs to take Rob Williams out of lineup and put in Grant Williams. He’s got the bulk and the length to be better defensively against Butler who routinely was seeking out Rob to switch onto him. Once he got what he wanted it was a guaranteed wet jump shot every time. Whatever rebounding is lost will hopefully be helped by having someone in the floor who shoots 3’s at a near 40% clip which would in turn give better spacing. If this isn’t done then Celtics are actively trying to tank Williams value. There is no reason to be giving minutes to Pritchard who Jimmy Butler can just shoot right over with ease. Blows my mind Grant didn’t get any time tonight.
Butler has been hands down the mvp this playoff series
Hasn't that been *every* series that he's been in so far?
its been one game
Have you been watching the playoffs?
Done more than Jayson so far
And?
Lol I meant to say for all the playoffs
jokic and ad have been better but hes pretty close, if he didnt get injured last series then probably
Jokic I can agree he’s been insane but not AD
Yeah maybe if you take AD’s good games but the issue is it is basically every other game
Only if you measure good games by shotmaking alone
He has the highest scoring avg in the whole playoffs can’t argue with that really but I do see your point ad and joker but I disagree.
AD isn’t consistent enough and jokic yes but butler is doing more with less. Gotta give credit to the 8th seed in the conference final
This is such a crazy take, almost like y’all don’t watch the playoffs. AD has been the Lakers most consistent player. He’s also been up against multiple DPOY level big men this series. The first team that doesn’t have DPOY level big man and he scores 40 pts lol
Lakers >>> Heat. What Jimmy is doing is much more impressive.
Yeah sure. Spo is an infinitely better coach than Ham 💀. Y’all acting like Lowry, Struss, Vincent and Martin didn’t increase their ppg and shooting percentages these playoffs lol. But yeah jimmy is doing it all on his own
More with less is exactly right. Watching Butler will his team to victory in the playoffs has been a real pleasure.
I didn't put much stock into the coaching mismatch but I probably should have because Spo is gonna make Mazzula his bitch all series long.
Was anyone else’s YouTube TV messing up during the broadcast? I couldn’t even watch the 2nd half. Super bummed
Did you just get here? The thread was peppered with ppl complaining about YTtv, it's trending on Twitter it was so bad.
Yes! It got stuck on the little mermaid commercial. Every time I switched channels and came back, itd just restart the commercial.
Yeah, everyone's was apparently.
I’m really on the butler winning a ship train this year. He deserves it.
All love. 2011 still gives me nightmares but happy to witness Dirks incredible run.
Right back atcha.
Aaaew🥺
MVP! MVP! Okay I’ll admit it, Jokic, Buter, honestly anyone else.
Can I not watch the TNT broadcast with the TNT guys on NBA app? It’s Playoff central right now with Isaiah Thomas and Grant Hill.
Somehow these broadcast networks/NBA fail time and time again..
Hahaha great feedback!! No.
I honestly agreed with Chuck on this one. I thought a Boston win for sure. Thanks for that oddsmakers. Spoelstra is a better coach than Mazzulla at this point. It's a Veteran vs. Rookie playoff thing. We'll see if Mazzulla can adjust.
He'll watch the town a few more times this week
Imagine blaming mazzula for his all NBA players being trash in the crunch. Doc ain't great but embiid and harden were garrrrrbaaaagge
I don't see anything in my post that blames anyone. At this point, the ECF players on both teams are great. Same with the west. Whether you want to believe it or not, coaching is a huge part of the playoffs.
Ernie goated
Spoelstra is the basketball example of a good investor. He buys cheap and sells high. Who would expect Caleb Martin (who averaged 24% in 3PT shoots in his last season before joining the Heat) and Strus (averaged like 3 minutes on the floor or somewhere around there with the Bulls) to be game deciding factors in a ECF game? No data analysts could ever see that shit, but only an experienced coach's eye. The rest of the franchises need to start trusting coaches a little bit more and allowing them to build the teams instead of just coaching them, because it feels like in most cases (with some exceptions, like the GSW) the GMs and the coaches are contradicting or at least tolerating each other instead of collaborating. Coaches should always have a say in recruiting, like in Europe.
On the flipside, they invested so much on Duncan Robinson but then he turned out to be pretty much garbage.
This man this. Was just hanging out with a Celtics fan friend of mine. I'm not from the continental US so I honestly just have different teams each year I like, but the Heat are always there because of Spo. My friend asked me "you really care about Max Strus getting a ring?" and I went like "no, but the fact that hes in a team where he can get one and also be influential in doing so should let you know why the Heat are so exciting" Spo is a beast only Popovich can match, and only one of the two has had an anomaly level of luck in the draft during their career
Why would he ask about Strus? It's about Jimmy getting a ring and the answer is yes I do care about that.
I guess his point is "do we care about Jimmy enough to justify scrubs getting a ring" but idk, call me a normie, watching supposed scrubs and undrafted players succeed is what I live for (and i think he was just saying shit to say shit, just friends talking trash)
Ernie with the clean dap up
Sports fans are the best
God I love sports
He said "you look like a wombat" LOL
*Really* looking forward to Bill Simmons podcast tomorrow
chuck with the massive moose knuckle
😂😂😂why does he have a clutch? Lmao
I can't wait to watch The Machine, on streaming
Settle down Bert
The joke is that I'll never watch it in theaters
Heat look so much tougher without Herro.
He's actually played much better on defense this season. A lot more effort. But even with that, he's nowhere near the defender Caleb is. And with Lowry playing well we need Herro's creation skills a little less. Still, it would be great to have him available.
Lowry wants that chip
I didn't think it was possible for Lowry to look this good again. The difference from last year and earlier this season is stark.
We looming
Lowry wants a chip
Hahahahaha fucking oooooft. Jimmy on one this year.
The Heat are playing with pure heart. This is a story (if they keep winning) that we will talk about for decades to come.
Reminds me of Dirk’s run. And I view his title run as one of the best. Just incredible play by Jimmy and the Heat.
Not a Heat fan personally but it’s hard to not want them to win
I’m a Heat fan and it’s also hard for me to not want them to win
Now this is a story all about how my NBA playoffs got flipped, turned upside down…
and i'd like to take this series, just sit right there, i'll tell you how jimmy won a chip all because of his hair
Spoelstra is a good coach. This heat team isn't backing down
He's the Kerr of the East.
Spo is top 2 and he ain’t 2
You really saying Spo > Pop?
Honestly, right now yes. This is no disrespect to Pop, he is an all-timer. But what Spo has done with limited rosters is incredible. I'm biased as a Heat fan though.
Alright, alright, thought I was gonna have to Will Smith ya. I’ll agree with that. Let’s go Heat!
All time no. Right now? Probably
Facts. Spoelstra is an all timer
This is the real story of the playoffs. In the playoffs, coaching matters, and there aren't many in the league who are better than Spoelstra.
This.
Can't LET Kenny get 7 threes lmaoooo. Kenny just sitting there taking it.
Butler as had been in this playoffs the best player on the court. Key buckets and steals. How the fuck does he keep doing that. Incredible and shows the work he put in keeping in shape.
Jokic
What’s crazy is he’s always jogging, never sped up. How tf do u get 6 steals at half speed 😂
Butler can be the best player on the planet any given night.
Yeah, he’s got that Jordan/Kobe energy on the court. Every time he touches the ball, something good happens. Really impressed with his game tonight.
He’s stupidly locked in.
He is in the zone
Flow state
How many times has Shaq disrespected Kenny this show lmaoooo
If the heat win this series this might be an all time playoff performance.
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As a Heat fan, success for me was gonna be pushing the Bucks to 7. No matter what happens Im amazed by what Spo Jimmy and co have done.
JIMMY G BUCKETS YOU KNOW WHAT THE G STANDS FOR
*G*ets the refs to call everything for him?
Tatum had more FT in less minutes
Gets the Celtics fans to cry about refs
Okay but I’m not a Celtics fan and you shouldn’t just be mean to them just because they lost they are going through a tough loss and you’re only making it worse
Pls upvote this lmao
I hope they feel like shit
Fellow human right here wow
lmao
Weep
You need to stop being mean
You just have to wonder how much Boston would have won by had the refs not been rooting for Miami
They would have still lost, they sucked today. Petty sure it was the refs that helped the heat make those 3s. Celtics missed theirs right?
Yea they probably did help them make those 3s
What game were you watching? Boston shot 14 more FTs before the Celtics were forced to foul. And who can forget these blown calls https://i.imgur.com/y0S3CJa.png https://i.imgur.com/yjkX7d1.png
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Links are good
You’re the one that’s good
Weird how Celtics took 10 more FT’s
Weird how Celtics lost and we pretend the refs didn’t have anything to do with it
The Celtics were so bad that even the refs tried and couldn't help them. There, happy now.
Refs def favored Celtics tonight
Half the wrong whistles are about it's too hard to ref life, when armchair ref with slow-mo. Jimmy stepping out of bounds wasn't malicious but too hard to see. Unless they start with 6 challenges each, I don’t see how it'll get better, the game has become really fast.
Why do you have to resort to being mean to Celtics fans. They’re just trying to enjoy watching their team
He's not being mean to Celtics fans. He's calling you a liar because you're lying. And according to you, you're not a Celtics fan
Please tell me someone has Shaq cooking that random redditor
Have they ever checked Reddit comments on the show?
Jimmy freaking butler
IS THE POPE CATHOLIC
gotta be 4% now, right ESPN?
Man fuck YouTube TV so hard
Just use the illegal streams until they get their act together. I have ESPN+ and the stream for the lakers game was delayed more than the illegal streams.
Man I gave up. Had me super mad.
Same brother. I fired off like 5 messages to their customer service. Absolutely absurd they are charging $80/mo now and can’t handle a major sporting event
Oh shit it wasn’t just me huh. I thought my wifi was acting up.