The Miami Heat are finishing off their best regular season since LeBron James' final year with the team in 2013-14, and offseason acquisition Jimmy Butler has played a key role in that effort.
Veteran Heat point guard Goran Dragic praised Butler's leadership in comments to reporters Friday, calling him one of his "favorite teammates" and adding more information for ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on the reporter's podcast (h/t Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald).
"For me, I even talked to some guys. I said, 'How did that even come out with the media or players that Jimmy is a bad guy?