Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler has never been short on confidence, and he made a bold prediction months ago that he willed into existence.
Tennis star and avid Heat fan Coco Gauff revealed after her first-round win in the French Open on Tuesday that she has been drawing information from Butler, who offered to get her and her family tickets to the NBA Finals before the playoffs even started because he believed Miami will be playing for a championship this year:
"This was before [the Heat] were in the playoffs. ... He offered me tickets to see the last home game of the [regular] season.