Jimmy Butler IS WHY THE NBA SUCKS

[@GuySmithSmoke]

Imagine if Pat Riley was Commissioner and not Silver.

[@relentero8547]

I'd say 75%+ of the players would retire or go to China 😆

[@jonpro9637]

Hes not Jewish so it would never happen

[@debbiebrantley61]

I wish he was

[@knowledgeovermoney4100]

@@relentero8547I think what you said is very accurate

[@kingjulien9525]

Put that post everywhere. Post it in every NBA public media

[@TheEndoKenzo]

The worst parts of the last decade players’ mindsets are coming to light as their prime is over

[@gustavsorensen9301]

It’s a shame. Today’s players are clearly, athletically superior, and more skilled than in the past, but they are too selfish

[@giombi15]

@@gustavsorensen9301more skilled in shooting yes. Not athletically superior.

[@airfrance4365]

​@@gustavsorensen9301 They are not more skilled just better athletes

[@Scott6794]

Of course they are better athletes and shooters. They have the internet. They have modern supplements and medicine. They have the benefit of learning from every pro that we're currently comparing them to. They are also overpaid. Their egos are larger than ever. Curry will make twice as much from his career in the NBA as Michael Jordan, adjusted for inflation, and Curry is not Michael Jordan.

[@sofiacristinak.-cd1nk]

​@@Scott6794 But Curry delivers value and has always been humble & never taken his skills for granted...

[@w1redonkey]

I remember seeing Joel Embid in a press conference, talking about how much he has done for this city(phily), while being payed 50 million dollars to throw a ball around. Some of these guys are so completely and utterly divorced from reality.

[@juna61]

It is easy to disconnect from reality when you live in a bubble of multi-millionaires.

[@robotube7361]

usually those who are never accomplished anything. Winners are always down to earth compared to what the set to accomplish.

[@ianrafferty7379]

well said mate

[@Ebstarrunner]

These guys get paid more in 48 minutes, passing/shooting a basketball, than the majority of people make in a DECADE or more! Then they try to tell us who to vote for or how we should act/think.. WE make society function, not them..

[@WalterModel45]

​@@juna61because they got the league glazing them.

[@DunningKrugerJnr]

Past their primes stars in the current league don’t have the class to age gracefully like Dirk and Timmy…bunch of greedy narcissists led by the worst one of all: Lebron

[@lynnpabontheelitehero6579]

You forgot to add lazy. 👍

[@alphonsecatan2]

Absolutely right. With the exception of Kobe I think, who was still getting paid a lot towards the end of his career. But hey, it was a mutual agreement between two parties and I wouldn't mind if I was the lakers GM. Seeing how Kobe played every game he could and not whine about injuries.

[@Robert53area]

​@@alphonsecatan2 the difference was Kobe was still a lockdown defender. And was still their best defender. But his PPG dropped so did his shot attempts. LeBron has not. N let's face LeBron has always been a liability on defense

[@JoycelynSimmonds]

Lebron still better then half the league still at 39yo

[@DunningKrugerJnr]

@@JoycelynSimmonds ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about tangerines 🍊

[@LouSeph]

ESPN literally showed LeBron’s dunk which is fueled by the fact that he’s drunk on steroids 💉and they didn’t mention that LeBron played no defense and the team lost by 20 and the other team didn’t have either of its two best players… The NBA is a total joke.

[@Rise2Resist]

Exactly. Sports media really opened my eyes after the Nuggets won their historic first championship and got like 2secs of praise and the convo immediately pivoted to talking about "whats next for LeBron?" and the lakers were a 8th seed that year and got swept in the 1st round by...the Denver nuggets.

[@LouSeph]

@ you are spot on! Think about this - the Celtics won the title - Brown MVP not on team USA, Jason Tatum barely plays - why? No one can out shine LeBiogenesis James. Then ESPN starts discrediting NBA titles for gold medals - and LeBron gets a fake MVP. Who wants to watch this shit? Calling it WWE is an insult to WWE. At least in the WWE they care to compete to put on the most entertaining matches for the fans even tho the outcome may be scripted. Also in WWE you have to actually be able to wrestle. Bronny James got more coverage than the first pick in the draft. LeBron just took competitiveness out of the NBA. He is a prototype entitled narcissist. Klutch has made the NBA media a fanboy propaganda clown show. All this and I didn’t even get to that they shoot 100 3s a game and they legislated defense out. Adam Silver after the malice at the palace - he and David Stern overreacted and wanted a safe homogenized NBA - no emotions - just bland to market and move products for sponsors. That’s what you have - a marketing gimmick designed as a sports league. every sport is about winning, the term “ring culture” was invented by LeBron and this generation that wanna crown themselves as the best without winning and making the game about padding stats and not competing. The league has lost half its audience in 10 years. It’s not politics. I am completely liberal and I can’t stand the NBA, I watch far more WNBA. Load management… The league is a joke. thanks for reading this you seem like a real fan. Hopefully we get a good league back someday.

[@supercsim]

For the first time in my life, I’ve stopped watching my Lakers. I just can’t watch this garbage.

[@LouSeph]

@ I had partial season tickets to the Sixers as a kid from 98-03 - the NBA was my favorite sport. I WAS a LeBron fan early in his career. Last game I went to was Kobe’s last game in Philly. With Bum Simmons and load management - the stat padding. I miss the old NBA but this league is just a joke. I don’t expect it to go back to the 90s but this league will continue to decline if they don’t do something.

[@matthewschumacher8483]

ESPN sucks LeFlop off every night

[@chitownkidd33]

People should keep boycotting the NBA as long as the best players keep missing 15-25 games just because they don’t feel like playing

[@richardj1319]

Wouldn't really call Butler anywhere near one of the "best players".

[@urbaindelva7869]

Idk what players you're talking about. Most of them have actually been legitimately injured. How does that translate to missing games "because they feel like it"? What players are you talking about?

[@WalterModel45]

​@@richardj1319correct. And he basicly dont do nothing on RS.

[@WalterModel45]

​@@urbaindelva7869sure bro They dont play back to back because they are one day injured the next they are good

[@chitownkidd33]

@@urbaindelva7869 the only people who believe that are young fans or delusional people. Older fans remember when players missed those games for consecutive weeks because they were legitimately injured. If you miss one game then the next night play, newsflash, you’re not injured, common sense might actually be dead.

[@nicoli-thenextup9866]

7:58 - i remember when LeBron wanted to get Eric Spoelstra fired and Pat shut that down real quick😂

[@JohnDoe-gf5he]

I love Pat Riley, he is old school and doesn't take bs from anybody. Never ever over pay for a 35 year old star that is acting like a diva. Just like when he put LeBron in his place back in Miami. See what happened to Lakers, when LeBron got his way, it is a circus now.

[@jessedawson8338]

A highly profitable circus and playoff team, I don't think the lakers were totally clueless in what they were getting, plus he did get them a chip. (I am in no way downplaying the circus element LeDrama brings) from a lifelong cavs fan.

[@Justinian43]

Lmaoo Pat Riley right?!! Lebron won 2 championships, one in Pat Riley's face. But sure, Pat Riley's sleepy ass is the "genius".

[@JohnDoe-gf5he]

​@@Justinian43Heat getting to the finals was much more impressive than a stacked Lakers winning a bubble ring. I think Pat Riley with his 9 rings will be alright.

[@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405]

​@@Justinian43Pat Riley has won a title as a player, an assistant coach, a head coach, and executive. That's Mr. 9 time NBA champ Pat Riley who single handedly built the Heat franchise. The same Franchise LeBron had to run to in order to establish any type of legacy. So yes. Pat Riley is a genius. In fact, Pat Riley has appeared in 33% of all NBA finals in some capacity. To even insinuate he's in the wrong here is the reason NBA ratings are where they are.

[@urbaindelva7869]

​​@@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405First of all, LeBron's legacy was already in progress before he went to Miami. Secondly, he did not have to go to Miami to try and add to his legacy; he could have gone anywhere else to do that. Finally, Pat Riley doesn't even make the list for the ratings issue.

[@ac4185]

Music, sports, gaming, education, family values, respect. The US is declining fast.

[@robotube7361]

It happens to all empires. You are looking at the 5th century AD Western Rome right now. I bet gladiators in 470 AD sucked too

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

@@robotube7361 The point of history is to not repeat it. Just because other empires fell during x amount of years doesn't mean we should just bend over and accept it, either.

[@lapthanngo5609]

Rome let in too many barbarians, just like the USA has.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

Pat Riley should be the Commish and make them all fly commercial again.

[@KingSally92]

He would definitely abolish guaranteed contracts.

[@LaTarriBell-y9c]

Great idea, slick. Watch what happens to load management when you punish all for the sins of few.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

@@LaTarriBell-y9c they used to fly commercial in the 1980s, Mr. Load Manager. They did just fine :)

[@LaTarriBell-y9c]

@@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect I used to walk to work now I drive. I could walk again but I’m not. Can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.

[@donaldhammons7380]

Smart, then the NBA goes belly up because the people making the association money stop playing.

[@mayeezy254]

0:21 Pat is saying that because in his mind I can't pay you what you are asking for because you didn't win but in Jimmy's mind he willed this team to 2 finals appearances with nothing. You can hate Jimmy all you want but he has a valid argument and he didn't bring it to the public first.

[@DJSpike-ft9yw]

And Jimmy was paid well for both those finals appearances. He cashed the checks did he not? But this is different. You have to weigh his potential future production vs the teams future when it comes to putting money on the line, Butler may have been a great player, but his future potential gains have dwindled significantly. He’s not the player he once was, the production isn’t there, and the money he is asking for will lock up the team’s future potential acquisitions and signings with little to show for it. TL,DR: Butler is too old and unproductive for what he’s asking.

[@mayeezy254]

@DJSpike-ft9yw Thats cool and there's always a team out there willing to pay him. He's not wrong for chasing his money let him find it and the Heat are not wrong for not being able to match what he wants. Could it have been handled differently yes but both parties are to blame for that. Let everyone find what works for them.

[@michaelpaullang4401]

@@mayeezy254thank you to put all on jimmy is crazy

[@TheSupart91]

As a Miami heat fan..... Butler in recent days has been abysmal both on and off the court i really wanted him to win a trophy before he left 😭

[@shazaalala28]

on the court? jimmy butler is your best player. take it up with pat riley for not giving jimmy more than herro .

[@TheSupart91]

@shazaalala28 hes already acting liek Tyreek hill and tyreek acting like Antonio brown.... Theyre ready to throw it all away just bcuz they're not getting their way.... Like i said in recent days not past seasons

[@JamarRoby]

Miami was never going to win anything that team. They ran it back five years straight never revamped with real talent. Just g-league , has beens, and updraft rookies.

[@JoshAhlstrom]

Pat Riley is not the general manager you want to play hardball with

[@davismichaud507]

He’s last one of nba I loved.

[@paranoia_xo]

Right? Pat Riley is a true OG!

[@krysis54]

Why not? Jimmy played hardball and WON. He has all the leverage and Pat looks like a fool lmao

[@JoshAhlstrom]

@@krysis54 Pat isn’t going to cave to an aging superstar who’s out of their prime

[@joeybuchanan5330]

​@krysis54 he's making more than 50 million a season, and he's refusing to play because of indifference within the organization. So damn the team and damn the fans? To each their own I guess, what's 2.5 million suspension when ya make bank like Jimmy? 😂

[@rebelgreen2398]

35 year old superstar is like an expensive older foreign car with over 200,000 miles. They are expensive but you’re not going to get much out of them.

[@futureDreamer4]

Bam and Herro were suppose to be the guys rhat gives Jimmy help. But Bam regreesed on offense and Herro has injury problems and inconsistent on offense and doesn't play defense. Meanwhile, Jimmy doesn't take the regular season seriously so they are always fighting for a playoff spot.

[@JohnDoe-gf5he]

Why does the clown not take the job ge gets paid millions for seriously?

[@JohnDoe-gf5he]

Why should he get a big contract if he doesn't take his job seriously while getting paid millions to dribble a ball?

[@debbiebrantley61]

You are right,Jimmy doesn’t take regular season seriously & that’s why I’ve never cared for him,he takes it easy all season & is all rested up for playoffs,that’s a bitch move

[@shibal2387]

@@debbiebrantley61and still he’s so fucking tired in nba finals everytime that he can’t win lol

[@Hobbyman055]

Bro keep up the content! You're part of the true media

[@AR9Legend]

We need people like Reily to step up and take the heat in the kitchen and make the right decisions and kick Butler to the curb. Others need to follow suit and pay only the players who play the whole season or set a season limit for eligiility to become a max contract player. If you dont meet that minimum you should not be in contention for such contracts PERIOD.

[@CorneliusMagnus]

What are you even talking about? Pat Riley is the Sleepy Joe of the NBA and slept through last to years of making trades😂

[@AR9Legend]

@@CorneliusMagnus Sure we should get someone like JJ Redick to step up instead hahahahahaha

[@shazaalala28]

@@AR9Legendto be fair, look at the team records. jj redick in his first season doing better than “seasoned vet” pat riley 😂

[@AR9Legend]

@@shazaalala28 HAHAH the chance of JJ Redick's coaching career or having a impact even as close to as what Pat Reily has done is very tiny almost implausible.

[@bradleybuhrow5283]

Finally someone that points out that jimmy is not the victim here

[@SilverSpectre266]

This is why I respect Pat Riley so much. One thing thats been plaguing the league for years now is players who want all these massive salaries, and then they up and want to force trades, and teams have to scramble and either do 3 team trades just to get rid of them, or practically give up their current and future roster just to move them because of how big that persons contract is. Or, especially because of the new CBA they make it hard to even build a team. Seen too many franchises just self destruct themselves bowing to player whims, and the front offices have no backbone, so they bend over for them and even blame the coaches. Pat not only doesnt bend to contract demands, he is one of only 2 franchises that holds their coach in high regards over player tantrums. Hell, if more franchises were owned by people like Riley, players like Ben Simmons would already be out the league. League has way too many people that want to just sit out while having big contracts right now. All this talk about ""potential", and "when healthy", needs to stop because most of the times these guys are never healthy for most of the season.

[@Shane1977-q6d]

It said 7 games missed 2.53 million. If you made that for playing a game you need more?With no physical play chucking up 3s baily have to play in today's NBA still looking for more and more money This era has destroyed the league.

[@Shane1977-q6d]

The owners and commish can stop this and fix the NBA. Sitting out demanding to be traded cut him.Owners can collude and not let players do this.50 million your allowed to load management? What happened to making millions playing a game? Now their paid in college come to the league stand at the 3 and chuck up shots.The NBA shouldn't be called professional anymore. Worst era in NBA history.

[@jjjiljjjj]

Jimmy isn't sitting out, he's suspended by Pat Riley.

[@SuperPeka89]

I like butler alot but common man acting like a child, you are 35 play what u left and say goodbye, and oh God 7 games 2.35 milion and people dont have anything to eat, this world is fck

[@justgamingbro1305]

Exactly i'd like 2% of that 😂

[@jtsholtod.79]

I really want to like Jimmy Butler, but he's an enigma. He didn't get paid enough when he should have, and now gets paid more than he should. It probably nets out. I'm never going to fault someone for seeking better pay, but you have to be available and perform. I'm not sure Jimmy wants to do that, and is even capable of it, so it will be interesting to see what team is going to take that gamble.

[@tbritton22]

I understand what Jimmy Butler is going through the last five years he’s been making the Miami Heat one of the top 10 teams in the NBA taking them into the finals two out of five years, but Miami is not trying to get better after they made the finals. So if Miami’s not trying to get better, Jimmy wants to get paid for the last five years of all that hard work.

[@willingexile3374]

The Heat were a Jayson Tatum injury away from blowing a 3-0 lead in the ECF. They were also one play-in loss away from not making the playoffs in 2023. Jimmy is great in the playoffs, but the only time they managed home-court in the playoffs during his tenure in Miami was 2022. Many thanks to Jimmy, but he doesn't get that retirement money because it will keep the Heat from building a winner, now more than ever with the East on the rise. Maybe he is not really into the "Heat Culture", because after all, he can still get a job like UD when he retires, if he plays his cards right.

[@t-god2439]

Jimmy is not a superstar and never was. I can’t consider a player who was never a mvp candidate a superstar

[@RMartian76]

As a Heat fan, I never remotely thought he was anything like MJ. I held my breath until this day when Jimmy the Brat showed up again. They guy is a streaky #2 at best ... when he feels like playing or isn't injured. Good riddance to Jimmy the Brat. Send him to the Pelicans for Zion.

[@JamarRoby]

You think miami can get zion 😂😂😂 you fans are delusional

[@elleonken7599]

I honestly see both sides have a point. Pat is correct to not pay an aging Butler if he's not committed. Butler sees a lot of bums in the NBA getting paid more than they deserve and he wants his share. The only thing I don't like is the way Butler is going about proving his point.

[@sofiacristinak.-cd1nk]

But Butler has gotten real ugly & muscled his way out of a franchise when he didn't get what he wants... not surprised that he's doing the same thing now. Except that team owners are hesitant because of Butler's price tag plus what they would have to give up to obtain an aging, very injury-prone star player's services...

[@Segorilla]

Euro players are so much more mature. Dirk at 35 was taking paycuts so Dallas can be better. Jokic and Giannis are grateful for chance that their small market clubs gave them and are always available and loyal. Sabonis, Zubac also big professionals, never in drama.

[@ianrafferty7379]

In the UK.. we find it strange that New players disrespect players from past decades? in Football/soccer we love,respect and honour the Past..😮

[@Remmy0930]

We do that as well in hockey. It's only basketball that you find this kind of mentality.

[@ianrafferty7379]

@Remmy0930 I'm really glad to here that... give props to the past, I only watch b.ball.. I'm English and I'm a Huge Football/soccer fan....thanks for the info dude🙂

[@Anthonyj-rj3yg]

The disrespect goes both ways

[@KingJinzo2125]

@@Anthonyj-rj3ygwhile I do agree the old heads can be too stuck in the past with some things, they’re right about a lot of what they’re saying. These new school players are spoiled and entitled, wanting twice as much while doing half the work

[@roboninja3194]

Imagine signing a 4 year 200 million dollar contract and then acting like you need money.

[@infiniteuniverse9528]

I certainly don't believe in taking managements side when it comes to punishing employees for not being happy in their jobs. Where was this so-called "Heat-Culture" that got them to 2 finals and a gm 7 conference final before Buckets got there? If he sucks so bad and doesn't deserve an extension, why get so mad and suspend him about leaving then?

[@anupamaryal3876]

I dont really care how jimmy acts especially in a league where the regular season sucks anyways. His playoff runs were the most fun to watch, he did all he could in the place where it really mattered. In addition, between his 2 final runs the heat didnt get him the help needed. He can act like a 3 year old but I'd rather watch jimmy in the playoffs than other players. He can ask for money in the same NBA where Beal and Podcast P are getting paid more then him.

[@TyTimeIsAwesome]

I remember Heat fans clowning Bulls, Wolves, and Sixer fans for Jimmy's contract dispute. Wonder how they feel now?

[@twisterduck1944]

NBA needs a new commissioner. One that will return the sport back to what it was. I honestly believe that the off court stuff like this directly causes the poor show on the court. Players have been given too much power and when they are making millions it is very off putting for fans for them to throw these fits. Need someone to lead the NBA and tell the players shut up and play. If you don’t like your situation then work it out like an adult while still putting your max effort for whatever team you are on. It is a privilege to play in the NBA. They need to act like it.

[@edpea]

It’s tough to face the shortcomings of a player you like, eh? Props Uncut Hoops for objectively analyzing the nuances of this great game (even for casuals like me).

[@commonsense9908]

No it's actually not tough if you are grounded in reality and not blinded by your feelings of love for another man....

[@edpea]

@ lol

[@tonymoses3810]

The way to stop this is to cap salaries at 10 million base pay per year and the rest being incentive-laden.

[@davismichaud507]

Butler had joker type run in playoffs. But couldn’t get over.

[@ardendragoon]

Seriously. There is no way a 35 yr old player should be getting a max contract. If the want to win, they take less money so a good tream can be put together. Overpaying dudes helped ruin teams.

[@urbaindelva7869]

Since Jimmy's last Finals appearance, I have felt that his success with Miami-overachievement, actually-put him in a light that he did not belong in. Hell, "Playoff Jimmy" was never a real thing until he got to Miami where there were no other players on the team clearly better than him. His limitations as a player, his injury history, his approach to the regular season, and now his age have always kept below where he could be. I agree with Pat Riley for recognizing where Jimmy is now and not kowtowing to his demands. HOWEVER, Riley is not blameless in this at all. After every ECF or Finals appearance that Jimmy led the Heat to, Riley and the front office should have been doing their best to improve the roster around Jimmy so that their chances of winning increased; they never did that. If they did not believe that Jimmy was good enough to get the Heat anywhere, they should have either traded him a long time ago or not signed him in the first place. Riley has a history of being complacent when it comes to building or retooling a roster. Btw, D-Wade did not even ask him for much money-only $15 million‐and he wouldn't even pay him that.

[@willingexile3374]

I agree they should have done more, but it's not as simple as looking at a player's stat sheet/scouting report, and then acquire the player, and you get to win. The only move I found questionable was getting Victor Oladipo. The Lowry trade, and then the trade for Rozier after that, only look bad in hindsight. What Riley didn't do was moving players who helped them win, and that's a two-edged sword. Should they have paid Robinson less, and risk losing him to the competition? Should they have given more for Lillard without seeing Herro's ceiling? Would getting another blue-chipper guarantee winning? Who would have thought Strus, Vincent, Highsmith, and Caleb Martin would pan out? I Mistakes were made, for sure, but we are only looking from the end-point of the decision, not the beginning.

[@buster_1972]

The player's today get paid too much for throwing up bricks from the 3 point line, not playing defence, travelling and worrying about what are they gunna to with there hair.

[@rapsux]

The dude is pocketing almost 50 mill per year on his nba contract and around 10 mill per year in endorsements. And somehow he can't find the "joy" in playing in Miami lately? Now he wants a 2 yr contract extension going forward for 100 million dollars. I'm sorry, but if my phoenix Suns bring in this diva at that price, I'm done.

[@Shane1977-q6d]

4 years 212 million????? That's crazy. Still not good enough. NBA is a joke

[@Titan_Moss37]

“35 yr old who wants a contract of a 28 yr old while acting like a 12 yr old” well said.

[@bobbyseafood2145]

Beal making over 50 mil a year is insanity

[@christopherlouisecheng690]

Lebron is the only one who took a short cut...just to arrive longer...and yet still short of his prefered destination....

[@flight23white19]

Bringing up LeBron in a jimmy butler video has to be a new form of d riding

[@heneverreturnasahorse9773]

Well, he is definitely one of them and has been one of the most prominet harbingers of the new "selfish" NBA player of the 21st century!

[@reginaldshort8486]

Pat Riley is washed. For the last 5 years Jimmy has made that team relevant while Pat has done nothing to get them closer to a championship.

[@Bigern2998]

I can't believe they won't offer 2 more years and $120 million to a guy who came to work and worked hard 2 years ago. Such disrespect!

[@jamescarnicella]

Thank you! I've been waiting all week for someone to cover this

[@DopeBoyTerror]

Pat don’t want to pay 50 mill a year for unproductive player, Jimmy another Paul George!

[@jackiebartolo235]

It’s stories like this is why I love Westbrook dude just plays hard and loves the game

[@Slip_The_Jab]

Contracts should be paid out in per game increments. If you don’t play you forfeit that game’s payment towards fulfillment of your contract unless you are proven injured and are on the IR list. The organizations and the NBA are allowing this type of behavior. Furthermore players that don’t fulfill the contractual obligations they signed should be sued for breach of contract. Performance stipulations should be written in as well. This is a business like any other.

[@fadifozberry6511]

Pat Riley quit on this team before Jimmy did, doesn't make either of em right

[@sportshogtv3140]

NBA Divas

[@justgamingbro1305]

A series I'd watch

[@Broseftoast]

As someone who followed jimmy since his rookie year.. I must admit I was disappointed in his attitude/mentality.

[@tylerriley2587]

So basically, in the locker off the court, he's a troublemaker, but what he did in Minnesota was crazy.

[@randysavage1011]

Your reference cutaways keep getting better 😂

[@Fwthug]

Let’s be real we’d all do the same if we was Jimmy butler and seen Paul George get that contract 😂

[@ultimatecharisma2822]

kindof

[@abrohamlincoln2232]

I understand jimmy frustration, imagine giving your all for the past 4 years and the team makes no trades to actually compete to win. He literally carried his team in the playoffs to the finals when they had absolutely no chance of winning.

[@ArtMagik]

Saying that Butler's attitude on the court on the last game he played was a disapointement is an understatement. He shows how selfish he is and how he doesn't care about his teammates that try to play good games. And not speaking about the fans that came to see him just to have this man spitting on their face.

[@deliriumcamper]

It's more so how much these older stars can make. Theres no reason PG or Chris Paul should be making what they are but they get it easily.

[@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m]

“He’s seeing all of this money going around, but he’s always missing games”💯

[@chill6789]

I don't know how true this is, but i heard the suns are intentionally not playing beal bc they want him out of there to bring in butler

[@s0ulsp4de28]

I think this whole story will cost him in the end even more money than before. Not many teams want to pay a guy for this much drama.

[@LouSeph]

This era, the narcissism entitlement, refusal to compete, disregard for the fans in the game. It really has totally destroyed, the league and the sport.

[@RockyMountainsUSA]

I'm not a Jimmy Butler fan and I don't want him on the Nuggets but if you want me to side with NBA executives you can forget it. Players are a bag of money to their teams and nothing else in most cases so they should treat the owners the same. And this "playing for the team" stuff is macho crap, if you're in the NBA you look out for yourself because the team isn't and your teammates can't.

[@richynodar]

Butler has the desperation of kd to win a title but doesn’t have the talent to be as much a diva, and even then kd is pushing his luck

[@legend1756]

Wdym, Jimmy took the heat too 2 finals appearance and the best Pat Riley could do was get him an aging Kyle Lowery like I understand the NBA has it's divas but I think it's disingenuous to try blame it all on Jimmy

[@snap8626]

barkley's take was my personal fav. current NBA is a group of small forwards surrounded by a bunch of guys trying to hit 3's

[@thewintersoldier383]

0:04 one of the reason these dudes shouldn’t be multi millionaires.

[@muaythaicoachnimo]

I don’t get how these guys refuse to understand that they aren’t worth the money they want. Freaking silly.

[@PJJ196]

That Seinfeld cutaway had me dying 😂😂😂

[@daddyfuse50]

If a team like the Nuggets could get him at like $12-15m a year for 2 hed be worth it. These players need to come waaaay back to reality. PG was lucky af to get that contract. The CBA is locking that stuff up now. Speaking of lucky ass players, Jamal Murray is an outright thief.

[@01ment]

Jamal Murray is also an NBA champion. I agree he didn't deserve a contract that big, but he did deserve to stay in Denver as long as he wants.

[@daddyfuse50]

​@01ment I guess? As an organization that has a top 10 player ever, you owe everything to him, not the middling PG. The same PG that was injured for 2 other years they could have made a chip run, and who starts every year incredibly slow...and who had one of the worst volume shooting playoffs ever right before you give them that contract

[@01ment]

@@daddyfuse50 Since you have mentioned his injury, how did Denver do without him during that stretch?

[@luism8130]

As a heat fan that has watched all of this unfold you are 100% right. One part you and many others failed to mention was that the Heat actually did extend Jimmy the first time WAY before his original contract expired. They were universally mocked for doing this and now the narrative from the national media is that the Heat didn’t do right by him. This generation of athlete is really making it hard to be a sports fan. I have a 3 year old son and I don’t even let him watch sports with me the way my father did, some of these athletes are just terrible human beings.

[@ArthurStrickland-o1v]

Never understood what the big deal about him is in the first place.

[@Shaz-Daz]

6:05 min mark... LOL ...gotta love the 50% jersey sale !!! 😅😅😅

[@tylerriley2587]

Thanks, it's much needed, and heat fans are delusional. I don't blame Pat for not paying him. He is aging and doesn’t take the regular season seriously; max contracts are given out to players when they finish the job.

[@DylanDunham-ip9bg]

Really? Jimmy Butler? Ha. No LeBron is the main reason the NBA sucks. Jimmy definitely doesn't help. But it's mostly LeBron.

[@BornReady-s7j]

So a 40 year old LeBron is the reason the nba sucks?? Ok got it. So the nba was so great in the early 2000’s because of Jordan right? Based on your metrics. We’re just gonna completely gloss over everything else. Got it

[@Kobe242x4]

lol, the lebron derangement syndrome is real

[@LngLivMamba17]

@@BornReady-s7jlebrons influence, ain’t nobody talkin bout the present…besides too much 3 point shooting, everything that people don’t like about the current nba can be attached to Bron

[@DylanDunham-ip9bg]

@@LngLivMamba17 thank you

[@BornReady-s7j]

@ you guys watch too much of uncut hoops. Warping your brain. How can u be objective and say that? Ok so when LeBron retires and the league is still shit. I want you to revisit this post. LeBron influence a bunch of grown men. Do you hear yourself. LeBron wins chips. Who else other than him or curry have 3 plus rings. Say what u want but have some objectivity. You sound so bias no facts just talking to talk

[@porterwake3898]

Was never top 10ish No titles.

[@markmeloni2388]

Charles Barkley was Top3-Top10 for a decade and has no rings...

[@Japhro77]

@@markmeloni2388 Butler ain't no Barkley

[@markmeloni2388]

@@Japhro77 thats what iam saying Karl Malone, Charles Barkley where Top10 Players for a decade and more and never won a Ring.

[@Lafuerza_V]

They got stomped in both of those recent finals

[@TennesseeWhiskii]

For how much the game has advanced in the skill and athletic department it has declined or regressed mentally in these athletes...

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

WDYM please? Elaborate

[@TennesseeWhiskii]

I don't believe the athletes of today posses the same mental fortitude as previous athletes. & Not even in just sports. The younger generation in general. Since you asked...​@@TiagoGomez-hb9te

[@NEBLEEKS]

One of the many mistakes the Knicks made was letting Riley go to the Knicks.

[@threefiftysixbc]

Your so consistent on your stances you have to respect it

[@c99kfm]

I mean, worst contract in the league, Denver has two contenders, even if they're not quite above $50M...yet.

[@JohnDoe-gf5he]

Hurts with MPJ and Murray.

[@PokemonZMasterCollector]

I wouldn’t say butler’s a wash cause it was literally just a couple years ago. He was in the finals. I think he’s just being really greedy.

[@truthteller4442]

I’m a Bulls fan and was elated when they got rid of him. He was, is, and will always be a HUGE clubhouse cancer. He is a solid player, but it nowhere near as good as he thinks he is, and is very overrated.

[@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m]

At this point, Jimmy is the problem because Minnesota, Philly now the Heat? Jimmy’s problem is he feels like he’s owed something when he hasn’t accomplished anything.

[@Aaaaamon]

Isn’t this the guy who sells 100 dollar coffee? No surprise this guy is greedy

[@semihsomuncu3146]

People in this comment section are throwing around so many names of other players its crazy. Guys the whole fault ofplayers like jimmy butler being overpaid lies with GMs and coaches. Look at Pat Bev. Look at the way he makes decisions. Jimmy was definitely worth a supermax extention for his last contract but thats not jimmy anymore and everybody knows it but some sucker of a gm WILL pick him up because well.....they're desperate. Every starter that makes the playoffs nowadays just gets a bag because GMs play it. Frankly the whole system with the Max contract is flawed in my opinion. It gives players like jimmy an arbitrary line they can point to and say yeah im worth that much because others are worth that much. And look at the league. Every goddamn team has multiple players on max contracts and every guy on a max contract doesnt even play 70 games anymore. My point is that if you bow down to players once all the players all around the league think theyre worth shit when in fact they're not.

[@morquan1948]

I don't understand what Butler thinks he deserves.. 50 this year an option at 52 for the next, I thought that if Miami offers 90 foe 3 he would be happy ... What a ultra 35 old thinks should he be payed???

[@Tagakanal]

"I'm out of my prime. Pay me!" -Jimmy Butler

[@will35x]

As a Heat fan I couldn't agree more. In a Contract Year he decides to pull this bs to hurt the team that supported him when everyone in the NBA called him a "Cancer" absolutely disgusting.

[@papachung6639]

I think this video title is being taken too literally. Jimmy isn’t the reason why the NBA sucks, but his behavior with this situation is an example of why the NBA sucks (if we’re granting that it does suck). And yes, we can largely blame Lebron for the player empowerment movement going too far, resulting in stuff like this.

[@robotube7361]

The league sucks, Lebron sucks and jimmy sucks. Just look viewership ratings. The NBA needs a revamp asap

[@DKtrek21]

Steph is the only old guy left in the league that you can't really hate. Doesn't demand anything, doesn't force you to respect him, his game do the talking and of course, doesn't play for empty stats. Lebron, KD, Jimmy, PG, CP3, Derozan, Harden. They should've left the league. But hey, gotta respect the hustle to get paid a lot for doing so little. 😂😂

[@JamarRoby]

He also part of a organization that values him and put the long lasting pieces around him. Can't say the same for the other teams.

[@Batman12810]

Man has only so much basketball left in him, I'd be playing personally.

[@Kaho_Shibuya]

Its not just jimmy its Lebron James as well.

[@beatingu8347]

I watch poker vlogs a lot and Jimmy was at Hustler Casino. He acted like such a cry baby punk.

[@isao_the_2nd]

3:14 jimmy wants to be Dirk so bad 😂

[@TiggerLyOne]

Yes, disappointed by Jimmy but he still way better than KD the heartbreaker who forced a trade right after signing big extension! I can feel for Jimmy, if Pat not paying for help, might as well keep paying Jimmy!

[@TianDogg]

I think you're 100% right. I'm a Bulls fan and have followed Jimmy since his rookie year, and am always rooting for him to succeed. That being said, he was always about the money. The difference is, he used to be worth that money and used to be underpaid. Nowadays he needs to be realistic about his value and also play up to the sizable contract he's currently being paid. It's disappointing to see this from him, even with all the failures of the Heat organization.

[@quojo5757]

This is a good take

[@krysis54]

2 finals appearances and 1 conference finals in 5 years with a horrible team of undrafted/g league players isn't playing up to his contract? You dudes are 🤡🤡🤡

[@damienbutts9611]

Put you can't win a Chip with One star and Jimmy is the only one...even if you trade Jimmy for A STAR it will be the same situation...1 STAR PLAYING FOR THE HEAT

[@TianDogg]

@@krysis54 oops, I meant this year!

[@krysis54]

@@TianDogg well this year is on the coaching...jimmy could score/assist more but how can he do that with the lowest usage rate on the team?

[@6vitamin]

Dude's very sophomoric. ie, "a wise fool"- he learned a little bit, and is ignorant of all the knowledge he does not know. He IS a diva, but also works hard. He IS a leader, but is also a toxic detractor...etc, etc. He is not consistent, and I think at the core of it, he RACKS A DISS-A-PRIN! He knows what the right thing is, but it is too difficult, so what he'll do is put on a show, yell, be a dck, play well, repeat. This does not work. You need to be patient with teammates, and your effort needs to be consistent. May be you tone it down, so you don't burn out. May be bite your tongue. But he will show up before contract negotiations, may be become a good leader...then disappear, be an arsehole, etc.