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Jimmy Butler Must Be The Anti-LeBron Because Skip Bayless Overpraised Him After Game 1 Win Against Celtics

Media personality Skip Bayless gushes over Jimmy Butler after Game 1 performance against Boston Celtics

Shandel Richardson

Jimmy Butler Must Be The Anti-LeBron Because Skip Bayless Overpraised Him After Game 1 Win Against Celtics
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Jimmy Butler has done something LeBron James was never able to do while he played for the Miami Heat. 

Unlike James, Butler was able to receive the praise of Fox Sports 1 host Skip Bayless. After scoring 35 points in the Heat's Game 1 victory against the Boston Celtics Wednesday, Bayless gave Butler a slew of compliments. 

"I've never seen anything quite like Jimmy Butler," Bayless wrote on Twitter. "Such crafty strength and athleticism. Such high-IQ vision. He IS the Heat offense. He is the PG, SG, PF. He is the best 1-on-1 defender. NEVER HAS A CONF FINALS TEAM BEEN MORE DEPENDENT ON A SINGLE STAR. He is HE."

Bayless is considered the ultimate critic of James, beginning when he joined with the Heat in 2010. He had no choice but to give Butler props after he effort against the Celtics. Butler also had seven assists, six steals and five rebounds. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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