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Last month at the Team USA basketball practice in Chicago, Jimmy Butler was asked what he was looking forward to most in Rio — that he could say on camera.
“I can tell you anything on camera,” he deadpanned. “Winning gold. It’s a business trip.”
I don’t think anyone expected Butler to be all business and no pleasure in Rio, so finding him at Copacabana Beach Sunday night was no surprise.