Paper Guiluo City|The ugliest player look! Butler: Either it's done brilliantly or it's buried
Jimmy Butler, along with his new hairstyle, became a Media Day legend.
Before the start of the 2023-24 season, Jimmy Butler is either immersed in feeling about himself or capturing the public's attention with another new hairstyle.
This year's opening media day was Yagami-like look: fluffy and soft, hair that covered one eye, an all-black suit, a trench coat and black boots, and holes in the lips, nose and left eyebrow.
"Don't let me ruin my personality."
Butler said as he entered the Heat's media day interview room on Monday.
"I'm EMO – don't bother me."
His new look is sure to go viral on social media – just as his dirty braids went viral at Media Day last year.
His teammate Taylor Hiro said in an interview:
"He told me it was his Halloween."
Butler has always believed that hairstyles are an extension of his emotional value.
"That's my emotional state," Butler said. "Me and my emotions are one. So, that's what you can learn. ”
Butler has reason to be so EMO.
The Heat were the most hopeful team to get Damian Lillard, but Lillard was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks last week. Butler quickly released a video asking the NBA to investigate the deal.
Then the Boston Celtics got guard Joe Holloday from the Trail Blazers, and Portland agreed to trade before the start of the season to make the two Eastern Conference teams stronger.
"We're very motivated."
Butler said, "I know what I can do. I know what my people can do. We will continue to play as a unit, as a team. And then somehow, to the finals. This time, we'll win. ”
Last season, the Miami Heat reached the Finals as the eighth dark horse in the East, Jimmy Butler also opened the season with a big bang on the media day, and of course, the most important thing is that he really fulfilled his "wild words".
At that time, he wore a yellow-black, thick and long dirty braid, and was successfully selected as the ugliest player in the tiger fight.
Last summer, Bam Adebayo was browsing his Instagram in Amsterdam when he suddenly saw Jimmy Butler's post.
Butler was worn in a barber chair and rotated six times, each of which revealed his transformation: from braids to a loose African hairstyle and finally into a blonde T-shirt, which he stacked in a bun and placed on his head. The video ends with Butler staring into the camera, pursing his lips as if to say something to you.
Butler walked to the mirror and said:
"Scary Dread Head Jimbo, I love this look."
"It shocked me a bit." Adebayo told reporters.
When many people see this head shape, they have two questions: one is, "Really?" The second is "Why?" ”
Butler's answer is simple:
"Really, I like it."
Heywood Highsmith said:
"That's Jimmy. Live your own life, do what you want to do, and don't care what other people think. ”
Adebayo's words describe Butler very aptly:
"If you stay 'unimportant' all the time, you won't become narrow-minded."
"Unimportant" is Butler's natural personality, he has been regarded as "unimportant" since his childhood, since others don't care about him, then why should he care about others, so any gossip has no effect on tough Jimmy Butler, even his teammates call him these crazy looks "troll", he doesn't care at all.
Explaining why Butler did what he did is as difficult as explaining why the Heat went from being on the fringes of the playoffs to being a team with just three wins away from winning a championship. But none of that matters equally to Butler and his Miami Heat.
At the start of last season with a 2-5 record, Butler said, "We're going to win the championship!" ”； On the eve of the Eastern Conference finals, Butler said "It's our year!" ”； When he was beaten three times by the Green Army, Butler booked tickets to the finals for his amorous female companion. No matter how quickly it was finished, it didn't matter to Butler.
Because it was a look shot at the opening season media day, Butler's "Terror Gibba Head" appeared on the front page of the Heat's official website, rising and turning with the Heat's wonderful ups and downs throughout the year.
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Butler traveled to Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and New York over the summer, each with a different look. He designed his braids in the way of Colombians, and in New York he tied them into ponytails.
And he also considers whether these different styles of hair will affect his condition when he plays, and he will test it to see how his hair feels in the game. Butler knew that those exaggerated hairstyles would cause him a lot of trouble in the game, and he would change those exaggerated headstyles before the first preseason game.
However, Butler had only one goal to accomplish: to present a different, eye-catching look at Media Day.
"I'm messing with something and driving the internet crazy. That was my goal for the summer, and it came true. ”
Butler said last year when he posed for a "terror jiba head."
For Butler, the spread of traffic is not the primary goal, but more about challenging the world and showing individuality, as he has always done on the field.
Butler has been challenging from junior college to NCAA, 30th overall pick to All-Star, and eighth in the Eastern Conference to the Finals.
Off the court, Butler is also challenging the mundane and showing individuality. He worked with his family and friends on every one of his exaggerated hairstyles.
Jessica Dart, Butler's hairstylist. She didn't take Butler's styling seriously at first, after all, no one really lives and works with a strange head.
But Butler responded to Dart's questioning with his toughness.
"Well, I admit, he's a challenge for me."
Dart said,
"I don't think anybody is serious until the moment I pick up the tool and I say, 'OK, I can start at any time.' ”
Butler was not satisfied with just braiding, but also extending the braid to make it into an exaggerated wild man.
To this, Highsmith laughed and said:
"He was able to sit in that chair for four or five hours (doing haircuts), which probably says a lot." I guess he just wanted to go all out and make a joke. ”
For this year's new look, teammates still can't accept it, and they all ridicule this hairstyle.
"I think Butler was misunderstood, and obviously everyone has their own emotions. But I hope I won't go crazy by the time I'm 50. ”
Teammate Adebayo said.
"If you came home with Butler's haircut, how would your mom react?"
The reporter asked Bam Adebayo.
"She's going to squash me, she's going to kick my ass hard." Bam Adebayo replied.
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At this year's opening season media day, Butler said:
"For me, the championship is the most important thing. It will always be like this, this year. That's it. ”
If Butler's hairstyle has taught us anything, it's that Butler doesn't stop halfway, and from the stadium to the salon chair, he knows only one thing: either do it brilliantly or be buried.
Looking forward to Jimmy Yagami Butler.
(Text/Grete of Los LaTownie 0663)