Jimmy Butler is officially in his ’emo’ state.
After debuting his dreadlocks last year, the basketball player delivered another iconic hairstyle at the Miami Heat’s 2023 media day.
On October 2, Butler showed up to Kaseya Center rocking an “emo” look with straightened hair along with lip and eyebrow piercings.
Nobody does Media Day like Jimmy Butler does Media Day pic.twitter.com/mjCCblN2rz
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) October 2, 2023
“I feel like I’m very emotional right now,” Butler said to the reporters. “This is my emo state, and I like this. This is me. This is how I’m feeling as of late.” When he was asked about his plans to move forward with his look, Butler said, “You never know how I’m going to wake up. This is how I feel today. We’ll see tomorrow. Tomorrow might be all yellow.”
Of course, the internet had some hilarious and interesting thoughts about the athlete’s new hairdo, even sparking memes.
🔥New Jimmy Butler🤣 pic.twitter.com/lkg5UKFqHA
— Why you should have a meme (@ShouldHaveMeme) October 2, 2023
Nobody:
Jimmy Butler @ Media Day: pic.twitter.com/avVL2fJC45
— RΔY ×× (@ogkaratejesus) October 2, 2023
“This is my emotional state” 😂 @JimmyButler pic.twitter.com/EBqCMjvolF
— Overtime (@overtime) October 2, 2023
Jimmy Butler sleeping at night trying to keep his Miami Heat Media Day perm fresh: pic.twitter.com/tWvtio73nu
— 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 (@exavierpope) October 2, 2023
Nobody:
Jimmy Butler: pic.twitter.com/C4MghdcJxM
— The Tree That Can Move (@JumpShiveSlim13) October 2, 2023
Jimmy Butler at Media Day:
pic.twitter.com/9CwSgJB8FW— Frontin’ the album OUT NOW • Rob HaZe (@robhaze) October 2, 2023
Jimmy Butler runs back to defense when the opponent has fast-break pic.twitter.com/kBtT3UV0GU
— OfficerTenpenny (@ownedbytenpenny) October 2, 2023
Jimmy butler on my timeline pic.twitter.com/koqnYqVqEV
— Dorion (@Dorion_) October 3, 2023
nobody at all:
jimmy butler on media day: https://t.co/TLlPSMMCNe pic.twitter.com/vPMUtkgzpX
— michael doleac (@3MWD__) October 2, 2023
I am totally enjoying Jimmy Butler memes right now because I enjoy Jimmy Butler 😆 https://t.co/6IlFLzCsZN
— The Ginger Chronicles (@nikkiaredhead) October 4, 2023
Jimmy Butler at next year's media day pic.twitter.com/baEvwcf5mz
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) October 4, 2023
WHEN YOUR CHILDS HOLLOWEEN COSTUME IS JIMMY BUCKETS THIS YEAR 💀💀🤣🤣 #Jokes #Memes #JimmyButler #costume #funny #tmzsports #shaderoomexclusive #hilarious #entertainment #meme #videomeme #MiamiHeat #NBA #bamadebayo #TylerHero #pinatafarmsapp #foryou #explore pic.twitter.com/iNGEmFUztL
— ♠️IWATCHBATTLERAP2♠️ (@gods_yolla) October 3, 2023
I’m gonna start a anime called “Kimmy the Emo Slayer” starring jimmy butler. @NBA
— Meme vibes (@Brethevibe) October 3, 2023
Jimmy Butler look like that bad ass lil girl in the meme when she blew out birthday candles on another lil girl's cake.
— #Nobody (@ImDouble_R) October 3, 2023
Jimmy Butler flat ironing his hair and posting a Hot Mulligan song has to be the best sports meme of the month right?
— SOUP (@tcSoUP22) October 3, 2023
This isn’t the first time the basketball player has debuted a new hairdo at media day. Butler showed up sporting dreadlocks which had mysteriously disappeared by the time Miami started its season weeks later.
Besides his new look, the athlete didn’t shy away from expressing confidence for the Heat’s outlook this season, as the team is coming off back-to-back appearances in the Eastern Conference Finals. After losing to the Boston Celtics in Game 7 last year, Miami returned the favor last season, before bowing out to the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Finals.
“It’s a new year. It’s a new season. We came up short. I didn’t do my job. We didn’t do our job as a whole last season. But it’s a new season and I’m excited for it,” Butler said. “We’ll see y’all in the Finals in June. This is our year. This is the one. And this one’s gonna feel real good.”
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