Jimmy Butler Provides Injury Update on Miami Heat Return

Jimmy Butler Provides Injury Update on Miami Heat Return

Told us it was a leg or a foot actually and now they’re saying it’s a toe can you sort of take us through what happened there in Utah with that game and sort of how this thing is progressing or not progressing um it’s progressing well I just step wrong and

Um I think the toe is a part of the foot so it’s it’s like the toe it’s like the the midfoot area but um it’s getting better moving a little bit better uh still got a couple more days honestly um until we can get tolerable pain in there then I’ll be

Ready to go you know we we always hear about compensation issues because you missed the time but it was like half on the other leg is this related to that because of how you’re moving I I I don’t know I’m not I’m not a doctors the

Trainers may think so um I just think it’s I don’t I don’t believe in luck all the time I just think stuff happens um but we’re doing everything we can to get me back on the floor I can’t say that I’m I’m I’m moving better I can break a

Little sweat I promise I’ll be ready to go when I can did you know something was wrong as soon as you mentioned you kind of stepped wrong in Utah did you I actually thought it was way worse than it it really was I was scared for a much larger

Reason because of a Bros or a bruise or a bone whatever you want to call it I’m just so glad it wasn’t like myself and some other people’s M thought what does the next couple days of recovery look like for you um moving up and down for

Sure to see how my body reacts to that um rest you know the same recover always but definitely cutting jumping all of that good stuff how painful was it initially and how’s the pain now you saw the way I L off floor right it was it

Was bad it’s not nearly as bad now I can put my shoe on and tie it without too much pain so I’m smiling because I know back this diagnosis is similar to what we hear is turf toe have they told you if it is turf toe I don’t think it’s

Turf toe cuz I’ve actually had turf toe before um on this foot back in my Chicago days and it’s it’s it’s bad it’s really bad no it’s it’s not that um it’s just you know foot in the toe you know Jim the NBA has his new like 65 game role at

Postseason Awards and stuff like that is that something you even care about or just thinking about what you think you think I’m worried about some reward only reward that I give a damage those banners over there and that’s um what I told SPO and told Pat and told my

Gu that I’m going to help us get I don’t need no in season reward what do you think of how haime and Nico have stepped in uh I I knew that that would happen though they’re going to help this organization a long time after I’m gone

And all of these older individuals um so it’s good that everybody here that already knows it in the world gets to see what these young guys are capable of Jimmy you got to play a few years against kg you know at the end of his career does does bam remind you at all

Of him on the offensive side of the ball now uh I mean I would have to say yeah because he um scores the ball in the multitude of ways he gets everybody else involved and he’s he’s drawing so much attention from the defense now with that

Being said um I call KG who’s you know arguably the greatest of all time in his position at the end of his career so I didn’t get to witness him whenever he was like the young kg kind of you know what I’m saying of like the is right now but from what

I’ve heard and the highlights that I’ve seen there’s some similarities yes I know you always feel good about the team’s depth and you always think you’re positioned to win a championship but how’s your perception of the depth seeing the growth of haime and Nico Etc increased in your mind where you feel

Even better about it than maybe end of September uh I I’ve always seen it so this is nothing new to me it may be new to individuals that are in here every day just not seeing these guys work on their game and um gain confidence through that so I’m not surprised um my

Thought and take on winning the championship still stands uh and I’m always taking our chances with these guys thank Youk you

Jimmy Butler discussed his foot injury and when he expects to return to the Miami Heat.

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