Birdman buys Heat teammates hunting knives

Buying gifts for your friends is always a nice thing to do. In the sports world we often hear about players buying gifts for their teammates, such as a quarterback getting his lineman watches or an MVP getting his teammates suits to show his appreciation. What I don’t think we’ve heard before, however, is a player buying all of his teammates hunting knives.

But that’s just Birdman did for all of his Miami Heat teammates.

Birdman is a strange dude, so it makes sense he would pick out a strange gift. I mean, a hunting knife would be pretty sweet if, you know, you actually went hunting.

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I have to imagine though, that there are at least a few guys on the Heat who never have, and never will go hunting, so I’m not really sure what they’re supposed to do with a hunting knife. It’s not like it has other uses besides skinning animals that you’ve hunted.

Still, a gift is a gift, and this is a nice gesture by Birdman.