Is NBA legend Michael Jordan Jimmy Butler’s father? This is one of the most popular conspiracies NBA fans might have heard. It has been proposed on various domains of the internet and several theories have been discussed.
We all know about Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat. He is a certified star in this league and managed to carry his team all the way to the NBA Finals back in 2020. Due to the unique and somewhat sad upbringing that Butler had and a few interesting coincidences with Jordan’s life, fans have drawn an intricate theory on whether they could be father and son.
Jimmy Butler has physical attributes similar to Michael Jordan
Some of the theories are truly amusing and could even be considered racist. People seem to think Michael Jordan and Jimmy Butler look identical. Deriving the amount of truth behind this is a simple matter of opinion.
However, there are some physical attributes that we have to consider, primarily height. Michael Jordan was listed as 6’6. Jimmy is listed as an inch taller at 6’7. People at this height range are quite rare in the first place. To make matters more complicated, Jimmy’s mother threw him out of the house because she “didn’t like the way he looks”.
Additionally, she did so before revealing to Butler, who his birth father was. On the other side of this, Jordan was apparently around Houston and free for 3 days around 9 months before Jimmy Butler was born. Considering that is his birthplace fans piled on that this bizarre theory could actually have potential. They also mentioned the killer mentality, trash-talking, and mental toughness that both these athletes displayed.
After all, considering the resources that Jordan had at the time, it would certainly benefit Jimmy’s mother to keep him informed and assure herself of financial security. However, that never happened and could potentially disprove this theory created by fans. One that has persisted on the internet for several years now.