{"id":837065,"date":"2026-09-05T06:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/837065\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T06:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:48:20","slug":"max-strus-uncovers-jimmy-butlers-wicked-sense-of-humor-after-miami-heat-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/837065\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Strus uncovers Jimmy Butler&#8217;s wicked sense of humor after Miami Heat departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Butler\u2019s former Miami Heat teammate Max Strus shares a surprising story about him.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Butler\u2019s Miami Heat tenure ended on a sour note as the 6x NBA All-Star forced a move out of the team.<\/p>\n<p>While Butler now plays for the Golden State Warriors, stories about his time in Miami will always intrigue fans. Speaking of which, his former Heat teammate, Max Strus, presented one such story.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1473384052-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Max Strus #31 and Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat high five during the second quarter of the game against the Utah Jazz at Miami-Dade Arena.\" class=\"wp-image-2614682\" \/>Photo by Megan Briggs\/Getty ImagesMax Strus unveils the secret behind his weird handshake with Jimmy Butler<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on the \u2018Link with JB\u2019 show, Strus discussed Butler\u2019s unique sense of humor along with the story of their famous handshake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always has this sense of humor where he doesn\u2019t like anybody. To some that\u2019s off putting but I thought It was hilarious. This guy isn\u2019t going to say hi to me today? He\u2019s an interesting guy.<\/p>\n<p>One day he loves you, one day he doesn\u2019t. One day I just walked up to him and was like [middle finger gesture]. He loved that,\u201d Strus said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cJimmy\u2019s the best. I love Jimmy. Probably one of, if not the best player I ever played with. His IQ for the game and the way he plays is everything I think a lot of people should be about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strus further revealed that to truly commemorate their handshake, he gifted Butler a wooden middle finger as a gift.<\/p>\n<p>The two players will be in the same conference next season with Strus joining the Los Angeles Clippers while Butler remains a key member of the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Jimmy Butler\u2019s former Miami Heat teammate Max Strus shares a surprising story about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[17721,27497,8173,355,99],"class_list":["post-837065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-jimmy-butler","tag-max-strus","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}