ATLANTA — Jimmy Butler and Max Strus have a complicated relationship.
The Miami Heat teammates exchange playful barbs on social media, they jokingly insult each other during interviews and they have a handshake that includes middle fingers directed toward one another.
“I think that’s just the relationship we have and who he is,” Strus said of his connection with Butler ahead of Friday night’s game against the Hawks in Atlanta. “We’re both kind of sarcastic, so I think our personalities mix well together. Obviously, there’s nothing meaningful behind that. But yeah, I don’t know. Maybe he really does mean it sometimes. I don’t know.”
