In another life, Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler could have been a football player destined to play in Sunday’s Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium.
No, wait, check that …
“In another life?” he asked. “In this life. I think I’m a football player. I’m not joking around. It’s scary. I really believe I’m a football player and not a basketball player.”
He has a regulation NFL football given to him by Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown to prove it and he often symbolically carries it wherever he goes.
If you watch him play, you might see a football mentality as well.