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Jimmy Butler was worth the hassle when he was 25, not 35

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In big-time sports, all sorts of sins can be overlooked in the name of talent. Assault and battery? Domestic abuse? Weapons charges? If you can run fast enough or jump high enough, those are issues a forgiving franchise can massage into minor infractions.

What about the crime of being a serial pain in the ass? It depends.

Jimmy Butler is doing that thing he does, making life difficult for people, whether by trying to make everyone around him better on the basketball court or by making a scene and being noticed.