"Shut the f- ," Lowry said, breaking into a smile. Lowry, sitting next to a shirtless Butler at the podium, had his response ready. "We got Kyle Lowry," Butler said, as a smile crossed his face. After beating the fifth-seeded New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals May 12, Butler was asked what separates the Heat from the typical No. The endless brotherly seesaw between the two proud friends has been on full display throughout the Heat's magical playoff run. But the duo has cultivated the same values in a Heat locker room that has helped drive this team full of players who aspire to have careers just like them to within three games of an NBA championship. Teammates lovingly describe both men as "a-holes," and to both proud men it's a term of endearment. It's a friendship buoyed by the same values that have driven both players' unlikely paths to NBA stardom: work and trust. The pair has dreamed about this moment for the better part of a decade. That close friend, Heat star Jimmy Butler, feels the same way. There is a part of him that believes this whole moment has unfolded the way it was supposed to. And in his second full season in Miami, he desperately wants to win another title - for the Heat, but also for a close friend.
His Heat teammates and coaches believe he will be a Hall of Famer. He's a six-time All-Star and an NBA champion. IT'S A DAY before Game 3 of the 2023 NBA Finals, and Kyle Lowry is standing in front of black double doors leading to the Miami Heat's locker room as media and team staffers whiz back and forth on the red carpet in front of him.Īt 37, Lowry is in his 18th NBA season. NBA Finals 2023: What Kyle Lowry and Jimmy Butler's grouchy friendship means to the Heat
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