Report: Hotel Security Responds to Complaint of Quarantined Jimmy Butler Dribbling in His Room

In Wednesday’s Hot Clicks: Jimmy Butler can’t resist getting some work in, Shaq comes to the rescue on the highway and more.

Just take a break, Jimmy

Jimmy Butler puts in work—maybe too much work. 

Butler famously (or infamously) showed up at 3:30 a.m. for his first practice with the Heat in October. It was supposed to start at 10. 

“Just a little extra work while y’all in your third dream. I like to get it in,” Butler said. “How did I get in today? I clocked in at 3:30. You’re asleep, right?”

But being asleep in the middle of the night is a totally valid reason to not be working on your game. So is being confined to a hotel room for 48 hours to help protect people around you from a deadly disease. Butler, though, apparently couldn’t stand the idea of letting his mandatory quarantine period inside the Disney bubble get in the way of his preparation for the Heat’s playoff push. 

According to Chris B. Haynes of Yahoo Sports and TNT, hotel security responded to a complaint of a “loud bumping” in the Heat’s hotel. 

“Sources told me that the security guard went over to investigate, found the room, knocked on the room,” Haynes said. “And who opened the door? It was Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler, drenched in sweat, with practice gear on from head to toe. He was dribbling a basketball throughout his room the whole time. So, even during the quarantine period, Jimmy Butler was still getting his practice sessions in.”

According to @ChrisBHaynes, even quarantine couldn’t stop @JimmyButler from getting his work in 😂 pic.twitter.com/7AdncpVXW4

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) July 15, 2020

How many players do you think even packed a basketball for their trip to Disney? I don’t think Butler could have called the team equipment guy during the quarantine period and told him to bring up a ball, so I’m betting he packed one because he knew he’d be locked up in his room for two days and he’d tear his hair out if he couldn’t touch a basketball for more than eight hours. Or maybe he just wanted to disrupt the sleep of whichever team was on the floor below. 

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This is really creative

Jimmy Butler says he will not have a social justice message -- and he doesn't want his last name on the jersey either at Disney. Says no message and no name will make him no different than any other player of color, and he wants that to be his message.

— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) July 14, 2020

Either people in Tuscaloosa think Tommy Tuberville is a right-wing nutjob or they just can’t stomach the thought of voting for an Auburn man

Gotta respect T-Town for the pettiness @edsbs pic.twitter.com/hg9jFYHcbK

— Terry Boudain (@TerryBoudain) July 15, 2020

Wow, she can actually fail at something

haven’t done a double tuck since I was probably 13 - here you go pic.twitter.com/B93QP4ALHc

— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) July 14, 2020

Hell of a goal

Dios mío, Medina. Take a bow (via @MLS) pic.twitter.com/cozcRtBCxv

— Luis Miguel Echegaray (@lmechegaray) July 15, 2020

He’s really getting after that sub

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Well, well, well...

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They’ll be fighting again for real in a few weeks

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And now they’re teammates with the Penguins

Amusing video call nugget: Jared McCann said he has a puck signed by Patrick Marleau. Got it at a game when he was 12.

— Matt Vensel (@mattvensel) July 14, 2020

Pretty cool feature at the new Red Sox Triple A ballpark

⁦@PolarPark2021⁩ taking shape in ⁦@TweetWorcester⁩ No faux trains here, the real thing rolls by left field pic.twitter.com/YB1qEdxfRE

— Janet Marie Smith (@SmithJanetmarie) July 14, 2020

Life is tough for reporters in the NBA bubble

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Fishing is the hottest NBA bubble activity

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At least they were wearing masks

'When Garda Inspector Martin Mooney had led a raid on the club he had noticed a man, tied to a large crucifix, who was having his naked bum whipped in front of customers oddly dressed with few or no clothes on and wearing masks and carrying whips'😲https://t.co/22TzuVkdp4

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A pipe organ made entirely out of paper

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A good song

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