Why does Jimmy Butler don new hairstyles on media days? Exploring reasons behind Heat star’s mystifying appearance

For the second year in a row, Jimmy Butler has shown up to media day with an interesting appearance. This time around, he showcased his "emo" look, leading fans to speculate why he does this. The answer is that he is one of the NBA's biggest trolls.

“I’m very emotional right now. This is my emo state and I like this. This is me,” Butler said. “This is how I’m feeling as of late.”

Along with showing up to his press conference in such a fashion, Jimmy Butler also enjoys taking photos. Because of this, the league has no choice but to use these graphics of him throughout the year.

Last season, Butler showed up to media day with massive dreadlocks. Throughout the season, the league used those pictures when marketing games for the Miami Heat. Butler, however, had them removed when the season started.

Although the league used the dreadlock photos for some time, they ended up deciding to replace his photo with his NBA 2K graphic instead.

Jimmy Butler eventually clapped back at the league for removing the photo of him in dreadlocks.

"You're supposed to be using my media day picture. Put my hair back that way that it was because I love that hairdo on me," Butler said.

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Jimmy Butler's hairstylist opens up about his dreadlocks

Jimmy Butler's hairstylist has been with him since his time with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and she was left speechless at last year's request. She admitted he has made a lot of crazy requests, but didn't think he would actually go through with it.

“He’s like, ‘All right, bet.’ So it became a challenge for me from him,” she said. “I don’t think anybody was really super serious until the moment I actually had the extensions and I was like, ‘OK, I’m ready whenever you are.’

“I think we were all kind of just like, ‘Yeah, this is happening.’”

Later in the interview, she explained how she never thought the look was going to get as much attention as it did.

“We knew it was going to be a big deal,” Dart says. “It ended up being a way bigger deal than we imagined it to be.”

For the second year in a row, the NBA has to deal with a unique look from the Heat star. Only time will tell if they will decide to showcase this emo appearance when marketing big games.