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“If I wasn’t who I was today, I’m no different than anybody else of color.” That was part of Jimmy Butler‘s logic for requesting a blank nameplate on the back of his jersey during the restart in Orlando, as Butler told Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports. The idea of the blank nameplate has not cleared by the NBA “as of now”, reports Tim Reynolds of the AP (the Heat are prepping a “Butler” jersey currently, reports Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinal). Per sources, it appears as… Source link

Yahoo Sports senior NBA insider Chris Haynes joined “NBA on TNT Tuesday” to report on players calling the league’s anonymous hotline to report player transgressions, the Lakers superstar’s sacrifice in the bubble and the Heat star’s late-night visit from security. Source link

We’ve all had (or been) annoyingly loud hotel neighbors — but nobody quite like Miami’s Jimmy Butler. Security got a noise complaint about one of the NBA Walt Disney World bubble hotel rooms, and when staff went to the door they found Butler, drenched in sweat, saying he was working out and dribbling a ball around in his room. All that according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports and TNT, who is in the bubble. Considering Butler is known for early — like 3 a.m. early — workouts,… Source link