The offseason has been crazy so far. Many players ended up in places we never expected them to. Damian Lillard‘s name was most thrown around during the trade talks. His landing spot had been discussed heavily throughout the offseason. The team that was always linked to him was the Miami Heat. But the Heat lost out on the bidding war, and Lillard was sent to the Milwaukee Bucks instead. In a recent interview with SportsCenter, Miami’s first champion Shaquille O’Neal was asked if he had ever related to an emotional Jimmy Butler.

Notably, following the Bucks trade, the current superstar of the Miami Heat sent his response video on Twitter and later came out as an ’emo’ version during media day last week.

Shaquille O’Neal admits to not feeling sympathy for Jimmy Butler

The NBA media day gave fans a lot of insight into the upcoming season. The most eye-catching one among them was the annual Jimmy Butler Media Day look. In 2022, Jimmy Butler came in with long deadlock extensions. This year, he stepped his game up a notch with a new ’emo’ phase.

Shaquille O’Neal was asked about Butler’s getting emotional and going into a different version of himself after losing out on Damian Lillard. Jimmy Butler went emo after not getting Damian Lillard, according to the interviewer.

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The interviewer asked the  Los Angeles Lakers legend if he had ever had a similar phase.

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Shaq said, “No, the diesel don’t get emotional, I am sorry.” This led to Sportscenter showing Shaq an edited image of him with hair and an ’emo-look’. In the image, Shaq had straight hair covering half of his face. Shaq smiled after seeing this and said that it was not a bad look.

The 2000 NBA MVP then said that for his first day with TNT this season, he will be coming into the set with that look, much like Jimmy Butler did in Miami.

The effects of the Damian Lillard trade on Butler

The Heat fell short to the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Finals. However, there was some solace.

As the disgruntled Damian Lillard finally asked for a trade, he revealed that his preferred landing spot was the Miami Heat. With the hopes of accommodating Lillard into the team, the Heat let go of Max Strus and Gabe Vincent, who were vital role players on the team.

After months of back and forth between Lillard and the Blazers, to everyone’s surprise, Lillard was sent to the Bucks. This changed the landscape of the NBA. Lillard teaming up with Giannis Antetokounmpo is a ‘lethal’ combination.

So not only did Jimmy and the Heat lose out on Lillard, he went to a rival in the Eastern Conference. So for the Heat, this was one of the worst-case scenarios.

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Even the Boston Celtics added Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis to their team. The Heat were the unluckiest team this offseason. Perhaps, as the interviewer suggested, this might have contributed to Jimmy Butler’s emo look. What do you think of the offseason moves?