The hard fouls between Markieff Morris and Nikola Jokic subsumed a bad Miami Heat loss to the Denver Nuggets Monday night.
After Jokic’s foul on Morris, Jimmy Butler yelled across the court to “Bring that [expletive] to the back.” The episode was reminiscent of Butler’s trash talk to T.J. Warren in a January 2020 game after Warren fouled Butler.
And in the discourse since then, some fans have called Butler a “fake tough guy.” The claims couldn’t be further from the truth.
Some pointed out that Butler didn’t yell at Jokic until referees and staff members separated players from both teams.