Heat's Jimmy Butler Reportedly Received Noise Complaint in NBA Bubble

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is going to get his workouts in, even from a hotel room.

According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, a security guard had to be called to Butler's room last week during the quarantining period of the league's restart at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida, because of a disturbance complaint.

Somebody had complained of a consistent banging noise. It turned out Butler had been working out and dribbling a basketball throughout his room:

Butler has become notorious for his... unique training regiment. He likes to get started at 4 a.m. with a workout that also includes "cryo-chamber recovery, agility training, and time on the court," according to a 2019 story in Men's Health by Tristram Korten.

"It's a rhythm, it's a routine, and I don't skip any of it," Butler said in that article. "I don't skip any steps of the process."

"When I started working with Jimmy, it was the first time I'd ever trained somebody at 4 a.m.," performance coach James Scott said. "And he's never late, not by one minute, no matter the time or the place."

So no, Butler bouncing a basketball around a hotel room during a mandated quarantining period doesn't come as much of a surprise.

The results speak for themselves, however. Butler, 30, is a five-time All-Star and is having another excellent year, this time in his debut season with the Heat. He's averaging 20.2 points, 6.6 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game, shooting 45.4 percent from the field (though just 24.8 percent from three).

His two-way game and tenacity have helped the Heat (41-24) enter the restart at fourth in the Eastern Conference, 2.5 games behind the Boston Celtics for the third seed. The Heat, like the rest of the East, are staring up at the Milwaukee Bucks (53-12), but given the unique circumstances of the restart, they have the chance to make some noise come the postseason.

And that noise won't come with any sound complaints.