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Jimmy Butler's clipboard has one instruction: pass to Steph

MTN Hoops turns a bench-side moment into a coaching comedy, complete with imagined dialogue and Curry's shooting highlights.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,661,586 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (107,971).

They let Jimmy Butler COACH 😭🔥 #shorts

Jimmy Butler has the clipboard, Steve Kerr is nearby, and the tactical instruction leaves little room for confusion: "PASS TO STEPH."

That is the joke at the center of MTN Hoops' fast-starting Short. Butler laughs on the bench with the board, then the edit cuts to Stephen Curry making contested three-pointers. Butler applauds as Curry heads back toward the bench smiling.

This is a humorous montage from a clips channel, not a record of Butler being appointed coach. The added subtitles invent an exchange in which he asks to take charge and announces that he has an idea. The board supplies the punchline; Curry's baskets supply the supporting evidence.

The upload reached about 1.6 million views in 21 hours, already far beyond MTN Hoops' usual first-day audience for Shorts. Its comment section is also several times busier than a typical full opening day.

Viewers are extending the clipboard joke, treating passing to Curry as an unbeatable tactical discovery and imagining an assistant-coaching future for Butler. Others focus on his delighted reaction, as though he has just uncovered basketball's best-kept secret.

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What viewers say

The “pass it to Steph” strategy has never failed them before. If ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
@ForrestFairieSee it on YouTube
He said “hey see??” Like he discovered gold 😂
@jacobleoni3300See it on YouTube
Can’t believe that Jimmy showed that secret to the whole league
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Jimmy just unlock another meme of the year 😂😂😂😂
@JohnathanPinckneySee it on YouTube
Bro's gonna be the assistant coach of the golden state warriors after retirement 😂
@JebdacatSee it on YouTube
Jimmy is always up to something..🤣😭
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