A few weeks after Caleb Martin joined the Miami Heat, he didn’t yet have much social capital with his teammates.
Martin had heard that Butler had an aggressive personality, that he was known to bark at teammates and coaches.
But Martin wasn’t thinking about the potential consequences of upsetting Butler during a pickup game on one of those early days.
He marched up to Butler and said, “Anything you got a problem with, come say it to me.”For a split second, Martin wondered if his boldness would irritate Butler.
“He didn’t view it as disrespectful or nothing like that,” Martin said.
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