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Old Clip of Jimmy Butler Saying Miami Heat Will Be "Back" Goes Viral After Prediction Comes True

A year ago, Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler predicted they would return to the Eastern Conference finals
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Old Clip of Jimmy Butler Saying Miami Heat Will Be "Back" Goes Viral After Prediction Comes True
Old Clip of Jimmy Butler Saying Miami Heat Will Be "Back" Goes Viral After Prediction Comes True

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At one point this season, it looked like Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler wasn't go to even come close on making good on his promise. 

Last year Butler proclaimed the Heat would make a return trip and win the Eastern Conference finals this season. 

"We had enough," Butler said at the time. “Next year, we will have enough, and we're gonna be right be right back in this same situation and we're gonna get it done."

 The Heat are at least halfway to Butler's proclamation. They open the finals Wednesday against the Boston Celtics but it appeared so far-fetched earlier this season. The Heat, who are the No. 8 seed, were on brink of missing the playoffs when they trailed the Chicago Bulls late in the play-in tournament. 

Now, they are four wins from making Butler look like a genius.  

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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