‘Bad offense’... Dwyane Wade says Jimmy Butler repeated for Warriors what he did in Miami Heat 2023 NBA Finals

The fallout from Jimmy Butler and the Golden State Warriors being eliminated from the NBA Playoffs continues.

Miami Heat fans were not sad to see Jimmy Butler eliminated from the postseason after the way the superstar engineered his exit from the team midseason.

Butler forced a trade from the Heat after falling out with president Pat Riley , landing with the Golden State Warriors .

The Miami Heat s season crashed out in the first round of the playoffs, and Butlers Warriors joined them by being eliminated in their series with the Minnesota Timberwolves .

Butler was unimpressive during the Game 5 loss that sealed their elimination, scoring only 17 points.

Dwyane Wade criticizes Jimmy Butler During a live stream watching the game, Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade called on Butler to step up.

It did not happen.

Now reflecting further on Butlers performance speaking on his podcast, Wade doubled down to emphasize how unimpressed he was with the Warriors star.

Wade described how Butler was so reluctant to take over the game, and likened it to moments he has seen before with the Miami Heat, even going as far as to back Pat Rileys decision not to pay up with a big contract extension.

He said: I didnt like it, the way he just approached the game like, I know Jimmy is a pass first guy.

I know hes about getting his teammates to ball, and want to see them shine, but its a point where this aint working.

You got to go.

He wont look at the basket.

Ive seen this before.

Ive seen it in the Heat jersey and so you know, in the sense like when Pat come out, [and] Pat say, we wont give you an extension, its not always because of injury.

Sometimes I need to see what youre gonna do in every moment, not just in one moment.

We saw Jimmy in the Bubble.

He was a dog.

I saw Jimmy in another finals too, against the Denver Nuggets, and he did the exact same thing he did the other night.

He did not look at the basket.

Butler attempted only 11 shots from the field and shot just 36 percent.

Wade calls out bad offense Wade knows what Jimmy Butler is capable of, and even though he was shooting on a cold streak, he says that the Warriors star should have snapped himself out of it.

He explained: I dont want to see that.

Jimmy Butler is too good of a basketball player to not have his imprint on the game.

When its time for you to take over, you just have to.

And even if you cant do it from a standpoint of you aint making no shots, I dont care, shoot.

Its bad offense if youre not shooting, getting too close to that paint and not putting that ball up to that basket.

Thats bad offense.

Your team needs you to do it.

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