Jimmy Butler, player for the NBA's Miami Heat, has once again taken control of his team during the most crucial moment of the season, the playoffs. The 33-year-old player always transforms himself at the end of each season, which has led to comparisons with great players of the past, like Michael Jordan, who a crazy fashion theory now claims to be Butler's unrecognized father.
This is not the first time that this type of rumor surrounds the forward, but this year the voices spreading this conspiratorial - and completely false - theory have gained strength once again. However, it could pass as completely true, as the pieces are not difficult to fit together for anyone who wants to believe in an unrecognized lineage in the most important basketball league on the planet.
The images comparing their physical appearances are a constant on social media, where fans have been fueling this absurd theory for years. However, since 2020 - the year in which he shone again in the last stretch of the season - the data revealed by his followers have taken this matter to a higher level.
The thread of this conspiracy begins in 2016, when it is revealed that Jordan had an unrecognized child in 1989 as a result of infidelity to Juanita Vanoy, his ex-wife. Additionally, Butler, who is 2.01 meters tall and weighs 104 kilograms, was born in Houston, a city that Jordan visited several times that year.
The boy did not have an easy life, he was kicked out of his house by his mother at the age of 13, but he worked - helped by a friend's family - to make it to the NBA. He did so, as it could not be otherwise, in the 2011 draft when he was chosen by the Bulls. That is one of the hottest moments in this theory, as many argue that, despite not being one of the favorites, he received a 'boost' to be chosen.
Butler never gave up, he established himself in Chicago, and now he is one of the reference players in the best league in the world, to the point of being compared to Jordan, his 'father'.