KH Classic: Jimmy Butler

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

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Comedy, Arts, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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After his historic 56 point performance last night, we’re throwing it back on Knuckleheads to our very first episode ever with none other than Jimmy Butler. The Heat’s superstar has delivered time and again for Miami in recent years. Q and D sat down with him before he ever donned Miami colors, right before his 76ers ran into the eventual champions, the Raptors, in 2019. A lot has happened to Jimmy since. Tap in to this classic! Going to JUCO then Marquette (5:54) His struggles growing up in Texas, coming up as an unknown prospect (20:08) 2011-12 Bulls creating his fiery mentality (23:09) Being in Paris when he was traded from Chicago to Minnesota (46:05) Originally aired on February 19, 2019 About Our Hosts: NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Yo, Black, we live on location with a knucklehead's classic.
0:07.0	For this one, we going all the way back to the very beginning
0:10.0	with our first ever episode with none other than Jimmy Bucket.
0:14.0	Bucket.
0:15.0	Boy, you remember when this happened?
0:16.0	This was right after Jimmy got traded in Philly before he even started to hoop with the heat.
0:21.0	He talked about how Minnesota's car was going to be.
0:24.0	And he was like, hey, what's up?
0:26.0	He even started to hoop with the heat.
0:28.0	He talked about how Minnesota's culture didn't work for him for a variety of reasons.
0:33.0	And it's cool to see that his mentality fit in perfectly with the heat.
0:36.0	Just like we kind of thought it would, what you think about everything you've watched
0:41.0	and seeing him grow in his role in Miami over the last few years.
0:44.0	Loved it.
0:45.0	Going back to the episode of him leaving Minnesota, then going to Philly, then laying to the heat.
0:50.0	Going on the episode, his mentality was perfect for the Miami Heat organization.
0:55.0	He bleeds the same blood as them.
0:57.0	I think it was a perfect situation.
0:59.0	And seeing how he's been took Miami to the finals and done what he's done and helped elevate a lot of players over the end.
1:07.0	And just being the organization, seeing them around the city.
1:10.0	I think it was a great situation for him.
1:13.0	Yeah, I agree, man.
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