Shams: Jimmy Butler Has MCL Injury, Could Be Out A While

[Donoghus]

It's a shame because now the idiot Heat fans will have a built in excuse.

[johnnygreen]

All the more reason to not have the play-in when there are terrible teams in it.

Butler's injury had nothing to do with the play-in. He had a wide open lay-up but decided to wait for the defender to go up and Butler's jump into contact. It was a typical Butler dirty play to get an and-one. Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes, and his was an injury.

[hwangjini_1]

It's a shame because now the idiot Heat fans will have a built in excuse.

so what? they are soon to be losers. losers have excuses, it is part of being a loser.

for me, anything that makes the playoff run of the celtics easier, the better. they celtics will be really tested in the ECF and nba finals. so until then, anything that helps reduce the chances of a celtic injury is good.

[celticinorlando]

It's a shame because now the idiot Heat fans will have a built in excuse.

“hEaT cUlTuRe”

[Moranis]

All the more reason to not have the play-in when there are terrible teams in it.

Butler's injury had nothing to do with the play-in. He had a wide open lay-up but decided to wait for the defender to go up and Butler's jump into contact. It was a typical Butler dirty play to get an and-one. Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes, and his was an injury.

It was an extra game that was only being played because of the play-in

[celticinorlando]

Good news is the Celtics can prepare for the Heat without butler now. They hopefully won’t be surprised he’s a last minute scratch and play down to the heat like they have before.

All this IF the Heat survive tomorrow.

[Donoghus]

All the more reason to not have the play-in when there are terrible teams in it.

Butler's injury had nothing to do with the play-in. He had a wide open lay-up but decided to wait for the defender to go up and Butler's jump into contact. It was a typical Butler dirty play to get an and-one. Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes, and his was an injury.

It was an extra game that was only being played because of the play-in

Play better in the regular season & you don't have to deal with the play-in game.

[Donoghus]

It's a shame because now the idiot Heat fans will have a built in excuse.

so what? they are soon to be losers. losers have excuses, it is part of being a loser.

for me, anything that makes the playoff run of the celtics easier, the better. they celtics will be really tested in the ECF and nba finals. so until then, anything that helps reduce the chances of a celtic injury is good.

Celtics would steamroll them either way.  Just would've liked Butler on the floor for them while the Celtics do it.  Especially with the back & forth over the past few years.

[Moranis]

All the more reason to not have the play-in when there are terrible teams in it.

Butler's injury had nothing to do with the play-in. He had a wide open lay-up but decided to wait for the defender to go up and Butler's jump into contact. It was a typical Butler dirty play to get an and-one. Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes, and his was an injury.

It was an extra game that was only being played because of the play-in

Play better in the regular season & you don't have to deal with the play-in game.

They were 7 games clear of the Bulls and won 46 games.  The  Bulls belong no where near the playoffs

[celticinorlando]

With all these injuries to important players, the Celtics did a good job managing the season…esp with KP and Al.

[Vermont Green]

All the more reason to not have the play-in when there are terrible teams in it.

Butler's injury had nothing to do with the play-in. He had a wide open lay-up but decided to wait for the defender to go up and Butler's jump into contact. It was a typical Butler dirty play to get an and-one. Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes, and his was an injury.

It was an extra game that was only being played because of the play-in

Play better in the regular season & you don't have to deal with the play-in game.

They were 7 games clear of the Bulls and won 46 games.  The  Bulls belong no where near the playoffs

That is true for the East but in the West, it was much different.  There is no right  or wrong answer regarding the play-in.  I don't really like it either.  But Butler getting hurt doesn't prove anything.

Didn't you post that you thought ATL was going to get the #8 slot?  I agree that a team (ATL) who is 10 games back of MIA, shouldn't be able to get into the playoffs by winning 1 game.  But in the west, GSW and SAC both won 46 games.  The other side of the argument is that they deserve a shot at the playoffs.

[Donoghus]

All the more reason to not have the play-in when there are terrible teams in it.

Butler's injury had nothing to do with the play-in. He had a wide open lay-up but decided to wait for the defender to go up and Butler's jump into contact. It was a typical Butler dirty play to get an and-one. Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes, and his was an injury.

It was an extra game that was only being played because of the play-in

Play better in the regular season & you don't have to deal with the play-in game.

They were 7 games clear of the Bulls and won 46 games.  The  Bulls belong no where near the playoffs

So what?  This structure has been in place a few years now.  Teams know it.  You don't play well enough in the regular season and you risk being subjected to the whims of a play-in.   There are plenty of less fair things in life.

Don't like it, play better.

[Celtics2021]

All the more reason to not have the play-in when there are terrible teams in it.

Butler's injury had nothing to do with the play-in. He had a wide open lay-up but decided to wait for the defender to go up and Butler's jump into contact. It was a typical Butler dirty play to get an and-one. Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes, and his was an injury.

It was an extra game that was only being played because of the play-in

Play better in the regular season & you don't have to deal with the play-in game.

They were 7 games clear of the Bulls and won 46 games.  The  Bulls belong no where near the playoffs

So what?  This structure has been in place a few years now.  Teams know it.  You don't play well enough in the regular season and you risk being subjected to the whims of a play-in.   There are plenty of less fair things in life.

Don't like it, play better.

Yep.  If the Heat want to pretend the regular season doesn’t matter, and get themselves into a win-or-go-home situation, that’s on them.

[Phantom255x]

All the more reason to not have the play-in when there are terrible teams in it.

Butler's injury had nothing to do with the play-in. He had a wide open lay-up but decided to wait for the defender to go up and Butler's jump into contact. It was a typical Butler dirty play to get an and-one. Play stupid games, you get stupid prizes, and his was an injury.

It was an extra game that was only being played because of the play-in

Play better in the regular season & you don't have to deal with the play-in game.

They were 7 games clear of the Bulls and won 46 games.  The  Bulls belong no where near the playoffs

So what?  This structure has been in place a few years now.  Teams know it.  You don't play well enough in the regular season and you risk being subjected to the whims of a play-in.   There are plenty of less fair things in life.

Don't like it, play better.

Yep.  If the Heat want to pretend the regular season doesn’t matter, and get themselves into a win-or-go-home situation, that’s on them.

Yeah I was gonna say, people praise the Heat and Butler for turning it up during the playoffs and say that they can "afford" to stroll through the regular season because they got "Himmy" Butler and "Heat Culture" to turn it up during the postseason. And now someone gets hurt in that extra game they have to play and suddenly it's the fault of the play-in format which has been there already for 3+ years now? Lol sure.

They can certainly amend the format a bit and I don't disagree that a team that's well below .500 shouldn't make it. But Miami really only have themselves to blame for being in the format to begin with.

I'm curious to hear what the thoughts are though about not having teams with bad records in the play-in. Like how would that work? It'd be odd if one conference has to play a play-in tournament but another conference can just sit idle because everyone is locked into seeding and the 9-10 seeds were garbage. That'd cause uproar. But I don't think they should get rid of the whole format either.

[keevsnick]

If Jimmy is going to be out for a series vs Boston I think I'd rather just play the Bulls. If the C's play the Heat and then win all we'd hear about from Miami fans is how the Heat would have rolled us IF Jimmy was healthy. It will be the "Middleton wasn't healthy" thing all over again.

On a side note: I get that Butler and the Heat like to "turn things up" for the playoffs. But maybe, just maybe, they could try taking the regular season more seriously and they won't be in a situation where their star gets injured in a play-in game.