Miami Heat: National Media wanted for them and Jimmy Butler to fail
By Max Marshall
The Miami Heat don’t get the same ‘passes’ as a lot of other teams do from the media.
Milwaukee got better, as they felt that they could not run last year teams back, a needed change. Upgrading from Eric Bledsoe to Jrue Holiday has been a total night and day change from the bubble.
Miami fans were thrilled when Bledsoe was on the court and especially in comparison to Holiday, who was just great on both sides during these playoffs against Miami. Also, something that is not being talked about either is this.
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Why do people think Milwaukee’s front office made that move for Holiday? Rumors about Antetokounmpo looking to come to Miami, Golden State, or the Dallas Mavericks were in the back of their minds, that’s why and as they should have.
Jimmy Butler deserves some heat, no pun intended, after his comments about just getting him to the playoffs. “All we got to do is get there,” Butler was quoted as saying on April 21 after a win against the San Antonio Spurs.
As you can probably guess, the media ran away with this. That’s totally understandable, but with Butler, it felt like certain Boston Media members were making it a little personal.