On February 11, Beijing time, the 2022 All-Star selection session ended, and James selected Jokic and Butler as the captain. Although Butler and Jokic will become teammates and play together in the All-Star Weekend, the conflict between Butler and Jokic has a great impact, and I don't know if it will be awkward for the two to meet at that time.
In the previous Nuggets game against the Heat, Jokic and Da Mo had a physical conflict on the court, and Butler, as the team's old nature, wanted to stand up for Da Mo. Butler led a group of Heat stars to block the Nuggets' locker room door after the game, and then with the intervention of security personnel, Butler and others left to disperse. After the offline conflict, the conflict continued to ferment on the Internet, and Jokic's brothers publicly stated on social media that they would attend the nuggets and heat games to help his brother get back on the field. Sure enough, Jokic's brothers appeared in the audience, but Butler and others hung up the free card, which also caused a lot of fans to discuss.
So far this season, Jokic has led the team alone, the Nuggets are sixth in the West with a record of 30 wins and 24 losses, and Jokic himself is averaging 25.8 points, 13.7 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game, and he has also been selected as an All-Star again with this outstanding performance. In the offseason, the Heat brought in Lowry and others, Butler was released on the offensive end, he averaged 21.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.8 steals this season, but due to injury, Butler has only played 36 games for the Heat this season.
Now that many days have passed since the blocking incident, I don't know if the two sides will remember the embarrassing side of the original. James selected Jokic and Butler to put them on the same team, which is bound to attract the attention of fans.