In an interview with ESPN's Malika Andrews, Jimmy Butler talked about how he entered the NBA disliking the Miami Heat and he now plans to retire with the franchise. The Heat were the only team he explicitly didn't want to play for at that time due to the rivalry with the Chicago Bulls.

“When I’m coming into the league, the Heat used to beat the Bulls all the time when they had the Big 3, the Heatles, whatever you want to call them,” Butler said. “So me getting drafted to the Bulls, we can’t like the Miami Heat. You can’t like D-Wade even though you went to the same school.

“Then you fast forward and I’m playing with D-Wade with the Bulls, I’m like, ‘This guy is not a bad guy.’ It was just [Tom Thibodeau] that kept hitting me upside my head. And now, full circle, it’ll be the last jersey that I wear.”