Guest Analyst 3
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The "Palpable Dread" Around Jimmy Butler
So in this space with the Heat, man, I don't know what's going to happen and I don't want to comment on the trade, but I know what Jimmy Butler has done for the Miami Heat and it shouldn't have to be as ugly as it is right now. And I don't like this stain on our organization. I don't like the fact that people feel that they can comment
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The "Palpable Dread" Around Jimmy Butler
and talk about, like, that whole notion that people saying, people, that because of the Jimmy Butler situation, how Pat Riley has handled things, that guys are not going to come to Miami. Y'all can quit that shit right now. It ain't going to be a day that a basketball player, it ain't going to make $300 million to play in Miami.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The "Palpable Dread" Around Jimmy Butler
It will not be a day that you ain't going to raise your hand and go make $300 million to be the star of Miami. So let's quit that narrative. Let's quit that narrative right now. Sign me up. I'll go deal with some structure before. To give Jimmy credit, man, Jimmy came in when they was losing the face of their franchise and became the face of the franchise. That's hard to do.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The "Palpable Dread" Around Jimmy Butler
He became the person that those kids wanted to buy his jersey, wear his jersey. You know what I'm saying? And so the relationship was the Heat was a soft landing spot for Jimmy, and Jimmy was exactly the star that the Heat needed for six years, finals, big moments that they've had together. It should not end... Ugly. It's in it tragically. This is tragic.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The "Palpable Dread" Around Jimmy Butler
This is a tragic way to end a relationship. And so as a former player, it's ugly on our franchise. It's a stain on our franchise that we continue to have these, the way that the relationships break up. But also, too, on the other side, you don't run that organization as a player. So you get to that space sometime where you want to do things your way. It's Pat Rowdy way.