Jimmy Butler will be back in Miami’s lineup tonight after missing the past 10 games due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols, tweets Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the All-Star forward won’t be on a minutes restriction (Twitter link).
Butler will be a welcome addition for Miami, which has lost five straight games and is 2-8 since he was sidelined. Butler spent most of the week doing conditioning work and was deemed ready to return tonight.
“He’s worked extremely hard behind the scenes,” Spoelstra said in a tweet from the team.
Butler, whose addition sparked Miami to an NBA Finals run last year, has been limited to just six games this season. He’s averaging 15.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per night and will be crucial to helping the Heat move back up the standings.
The six teams they lost to when he was out caught a break in the schedule.
Are you actually complimenting someone other than your team? Wow.
Good to hear he is back! I always enjoy watching him play.
Heat need to get going. Let’s go Jimmy.. They aren’t what their record says they are.
Indiana needs Levert ASAP!
Not sure how reliable it is, but saw some guy on a podcast said Butler lost 12 lbs or something from Covid? Curious to see how he comes back.
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Jimmy 30 – 10 – 8. I saw the highlights and he looked ok. I think he was positive and had to be in protocol. Not necessarily had the virus. False positives, around people who test positive. Look good hoping he’s good. Jimmy is my kind of star. 2way and only wants to win.
He 100% had it, and lost a lot of weight, and had a lot of weakness from it…