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Jimmy Butler, Once A Heat Hater, Now Eager To Be In Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) -— Jimmy Butler held his introductory news conference in Miami on Friday, almost three months after he officially became part of the Heat.

Butler once said he would never wear a Miami Heat uniform. That was when he was in Chicago, part of a Bulls team that disliked the Heat.

He remembers saying those words.

And now he wants every opponent to keep hating Miami.

He is the new centerpiece of a team that will have to adjust to the retirement of Dwyane Wade in its effort to find a way back to the postseason.