Jimmy Butler was and is upset the Heat didn’t go into the bubble and do what they said they were going to do: win a championship.
Which meant Butler took it upon himself in the offseason to persuade point guard Goran Dragic, an unrestricted free agent, to return to Miami so they could make at least one more run together at a title. Butler was frustrated that the two didn’t get to display their collective talents during the Finals, when Dragic’s foot injury limited him to just 34 minutes. And the teammates had grown particularly close over the course of the longest season in league history.