Jimmy Butler is having a great playoffs. Despite the Miami Heat entering as an eight-seed, the team has absolutely balled out. In the first round, they took down the first-seed Milwaukee Bucks in five games. They followed that by eliminating the five-seed Knicks in six games.
That set up a rematch with the Boston Celtics, marking the third time in four years that the two teams have faced off for a place in the NBA Finals. Despite the Celtics entering as the second seed, the Heat have absolutely dominated. Heading into Game 4 on May 23, the Butler-led heat are riding a 3-0 series lead and looking to sweep Boston. However, rapper Earl Sweatshirt has something else on his mind other than the basketball on display.
Earl Sweatshirt Questions Butler’s Dreads
Taking to Twitter, Sweatshirt voiced his desire to get some real answers from the post-game press conferences. “all I ask is that one of you interviewers in this post season please ask jimmy wtf was on his mind when he did the fake dreds.” The tweet is in reference to the long dreads that Butler debuted during summer workouts last year. During the playoffs, Butler has kept it short and tight on top, capped off by his signature headband. The rapper followed up with a quote tweet of this original statement. “salute to the underdog of sorts but also we can’t just forget and forgive this easily.”
However, it’s unlikely that the question is going to come up in a presser anytime soon. The primary reason for this is that Butler already addressed the viral images of his hair. Last September, Butler was asked about his hair. “I’m just messing with stuff to make the internet mad. That was my goal this summer and it worked,” Butler told reporters. Maybe Sweatshirt missed that moment. Despite this, Butler will look to close out the Celtics in front of a home crowd on Tuesday night. If they can finish the series, it will set up a matchup against the Nuggets in the Finals. How did you feel about Butler’s long hair? Let us know in the comments.
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