Miami Heat: Which is the best version of Jimmy Butler?

Knows How Good He Is-Show Respect By Working As Hard As I Do Jimmy- Minnesota Timberwolves version

This was a Jimmy Butler that had fully realized how good of a player he was. He also knew how hard he worked to become that player and stay that way.

Joining his former Chicago Bulls coach in Minnesota, Tom Thibodeau, Jimmy was sure to walk into a culture of like-minded thinking to his, right? Wrong.

Even though he was scoring at the highest clip of his career across his two seasons there, 22 points, along with 5.3 rebounds, a not too shabby 4.8 assists, and 2.0 steals per contest, he wasn’t his best version there. He tried to do too much a lot of the times, which was a dual-layered issue.

In order for them to win the games, both those that should have been highly contested and those that should have been blowouts in their favor, Jimmy had to go about things this way. He also did it so that his teammates, mostly Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns you would imagine, would see how hard he worked in order for the team to succeed and thus take it upon themselves to work harder.

It didn’t happen that way, as we all know by now. Although he was his most productive, the environment and Jimmy were toxic at that moment, plus his team struggled to find the success they should have.

Those are the main reasons why this wasn’t the best version of Jimmy Butler either. He was able to be himself, but to a fault, it seems. He was productive and authentic, but it didn’t rub off on his teammates as it should have nor lead to the type of team success it should have based on the amount of talent they had on the team.