ASK IRA: How creative can/will Heat get with their Jimmy Butler video?
Q: I hope they have a tribute video of all the games Jimmy Butler missed. – Ayoo.
A: Got to admit, this made me chuckle. Can you imagine if they ask fans to look up to the video screens for a special message about Jimmy Butler, and then it is nothing more than Pat Riley reading game-by-game all the games that Jimmy Butler missed in recent years, the attendance that led to the decision to bypass an extension? They could include the video of Jimmy at last year’s Miami Open and then listing him as being out due to illness the next day. Or, as it appears, they can take the high road. Once the Heat decided to honor all returning players who had won championships with the Heat or who had been named an All-Star with the team, there really was no Plan B. Jimmy believes the reaction will be 51% in his favor. We shall see.
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Q: Ira, think about it, Dwyane Wade’s second-best player (if he wasn’t the second-best player) was Shaquille O’Neal or LeBron James. Jimmy Butler’s second-best player was maybe Goran Dragic or Bam Adebayo. When you line up the accomplishments, Jimmy did more with less. Give the man his flowers. – Davie.
A: As the Heat will, and should. The fun with the above question aside, Jimmy Butler did as much for the Heat as any player over the past decade-plus. It didn’t end well with the divorce, but there also was quite the honeymoon period.
Q: Ira, If the Heat had a true playmaking point guard how much better would they be? Ten wins better? Less? – Roy, Miami.
A: But it is more complex than that. You also need a true playmaking point guard who can make threes and defend the position (which is why such talent is hard to find). The Heat have a true playmaking point guard under two-way contract, in Isaiah Stevens. But his shot is lacking to the degree that he is an offensive liability, and his size works against him defensively. Now the question is whether those two deficit areas can be overcome to produce and provide what is needed.
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