Jimmy Butler hilariously exaggerates his reaction to the foul against the Knicks in hopes of drawing Flagrant 1 call

Jimmy Butler is a bit of a Renaissance man. He branched out outside of his basketball world by opening his ‘Big Face Coffee’ store in the Orlando bubble last season, smartly charging fellow players $ 20 per cup knowing just how much their other options were. were limited. If he was planning to embark on an acting career as his next adventure off the pitch, he might want to stick with his daily job.

In the dying seconds of a narrow victory over the New York Knicks, Butler was fouled on the ball by Julius Randle. In a desperate attempt to turn the call into a blatant foul, Butler rolled onto the floor in apparent pain. The problem? He couldn’t help but glance to see how the officials were reacting. A thespian, Butler is not.

Unsurprisingly, the incident was viewed as a common fault. Butler stood up, swept him aside and made one of his two free throw attempts. RJ Barrett missed his tie-up layup attempt, and the Heat came away with a 98-96 victory. Butler’s act, in the end, had no impact on the outcome.

But, hey, it never hurts to test some of your post-career ambitions while you’re still on the floor. Butler might want to be a movie star when he’s ready to hang up his sneakers. If that’s the plan, though, he’s going to need some hell of an interim coach. This performance did not fool anyone.