It hasn’t been easy for Jimmy Butler to be stuck on the sidelines while his teammates fight to make the playoffs in a brutal Western Conference.
After tearing his meniscus against Houston on February 23rd, Butler has been unable to take the court, and he’ll be the first to tell you how difficult it is to be unable to play basketball.
“Four to six weeks without basketball is an eternity for me,” he said. “It’s all I’ve ever done, it’s all anybody in this league has ever done, so when you have to wake up knowing you can’t go out and compete, be with the guys you’ve been with all year long, that’s the toughest part about it.