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He drinks everything: pour overs, cappuccinos, and mochas. “While I was trying to hustle people out of their money, Goran was literally hustling me out of my coffee,” Butler says, “and I didn’t realize it until after the fact that he never paid for a cup.” According to Butler, Dragíc was strategic: he’d swing by for a couple of cups of coffee, exchanging stories with Butler about summers in Slovenia or strategizing the following day’s game, before slinking off to practice, three cups down and no cash exchanged.īut Butler is good-natured about it, and says the whole experience only heightened his interest in coffee. In fact, Butler himself was getting swindled by his then teammate, Goran Dragíc. “I knew people had cash and no one was using it because of Covid, so I decided to take cash.”īutler’s hope was that his teammates and fellow players would bust out their $100 bills-or “big faces” as he referred to them-and he’d be able to shrug when he didn’t have change and pocket the cash anyway.

#Jimmy butler professional#

Regardless of size, each drink cost $20 in cash, a steep price for the average person but a fair exchange for professional basketball players. The hustle came by way of coffee-lattes, pour overs, cappuccinos, you name it, he had it.

“As I was sitting in my hotel room in the Orlando bubble, all I could think about was how I could hustle these guys out of their cash,” Butler deadpans. Unbeknownst to him, this was the beginning of an entire coffee brand, Big Face. Butler knew the coffee available in Orlando wasn’t up to snuff to what he and other NBA players were habituated with drinking, so he brought his own espresso machine as a way to make some cash. Butler began his coffee entrepreneurship in the pandemic-induced bubble during the 2020 NBA season. Relationships and storytelling are at the heart of Butler’s enthusiasm for coffee, but it wasn’t always this way. “One cup easily turns into four when I’m sitting with friends, telling stories, and sharing coffee.” “How do you not get anxious from four cups of coffee?” I ask, bewildered. I myself have had a cup, and can feel my heart racing from a combination of the caffeine and nerves when we hop on a call. And he could help things go smoother by taking more threes.On the day I talk to Jimmy Butler, he’s already had four cups of coffee-despite it only being noon. The Miami Heat will go as Jimmy Butler does, as they have since he arrived in South Florida.

And that’s his most important stat, his attempts from range. However, the only thing that would separate him from LeBron right now is his ability to knock down the three-ball. With that and with how well-rounded he’s been since coming to Miami, one of the best players in the league and a top-three player in the playoffs during both of the Miami Heat’s deep runs during his tenure, it’s hard to imagine what single stat might be the most important for the guy who could realistically be called a LeBron James Lite during his time in Miami. Though Bam Adebayo has a chance to be the outright best player with his combination of size, skills, offense, and defense, and while Tyler Herro has a chance to be the best offensive player on the team-Jimmy’s combination of grit, will, strength, experience, know-how, and that competitive attitude of his still sets him out as the clear top dog. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. The Miami Heat, as they have since his arrival three seasons ago or so, will go as Jimmy Butler does. By Kenneth Wilson 3 months ago Follow Tweet