Cowboy Boots and Bunny Onesies: Jimmy Butler's College Years
The Lead
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3.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Jimmy Butler has put together some phenomenal performances during this year’s NBA Playoffs, including a 40-point triple-double to give the Heat a win over LeBron James and the Lakers in Game 3. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s CJ Moore, who recently learned about how Butler honed his competitive edge during his college days at Marquette, and became a legend of sorts on campus, wearing everything from cowboy boots to animal onesies to a Hannah Montana backpack.
Read CJ Moore’s story about Jimmy Butler’s time at Marquette: https://theathletic.com/2107706/2020/10/05/hannah-montana-country-music-and-a-bunny-suit-jimmy-butlers-college-days/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:30.8 | The Miami Heat Jimmy Butler has made some absolutely heroic efforts in this year's NBA playoffs. |
| 0:39.4 | Butler says give me the ball. |
| 0:41.9 | Butler the dry, the runner, he makes it in. |
| 0:44.9 | Oh, what a masterpiece from Jimmy Butler. |
| 0:47.4 | And they he go up by nine with one 13 remaining. |
| 0:52.8 | The athletic CJ Moore recently looked into Jimmy Butler's college years and has the story |
| 0:57.9 | of how Butler became the player he is today with everything from cowboy boots to animal |
| 1:03.3 | onesies. |
| 1:04.8 | And why the eccentric superstar has been thriving in the bubble. |
| 1:08.7 | He gets in this crime season, which I think he's created the bubble that way. |
| 1:12.4 | He's just going to let his hair go. |
| 1:13.4 | He's going to let his beard go. |
| 1:15.2 | And he's just going to focus on the work and focus on competing. |
| 1:19.4 | And he just he eats that stuff up. |
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