MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro had a new haircut for media day. Jimmy Butler’s hairstyle was, to the disappointment of some, normal. And with that, the Miami Heat season started in predictably unpredictable fashion.
Butler was not at the start of Heat media day on Monday morning, after his flight back from Paris was delayed — travel issues — and he didn't arrive in South Florida until early afternoon, a few hours behind schedule. Everyone else was there for the start of the season, including Herro, who sported a new, simple buzzcut to start the year and said he’s keeping it all season. “It’s all business,” Herro said.
Media day is the annual prelude to the start of training camp and Butler made a splash last year by showing up basically in costume — new hairdo, some facial piercings and a look that went viral immediately. It was his “Emo Jimmy” phase, he said. And he did something similar in 2022, going through media day with dreadlocks in another switch from his usual look.
This year, Jimmy was just Jimmy. Social media was wondering what he'd come up with this year, and perhaps to the chagrin of those posters, he kept things simple. “I'm here.
Normal hair,” Butler said. “No shenanigans. .
.. I've been running around trying to make it back here.
I'm just happy that I'm here.” Butler is expected to be with the team for its first practice on Tuesday when training camp opens in the Bahamas. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Butler is “in a good place coming.
