Jimmy Butler is an American professional basketball player known for his hard-nosed intensity and standout performances in postseason games. He led the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to two appearances in the NBA finals (2020 and
“When you get a great player, your expectations soar,” Riley said. “[Butler is] the straw that stirs the drink. He’s got his fingerprints all over the success of this team over the last four years. Everybody rallies around him.”...
In the year 2015 he was named as the most improved player of NBA. Bulls drafted him with the thirtieth overall pick in 2011. Personal life According to NBA general manager, Jimmy Butler is one of the most remarkable players. He has been set up to fail so many times and yet he always ...
“Jimmy Butler’s going to be a free agent next summer, didn’t get an extension done. The Warriors, as you know, have interest there and I think probably made a couple calls during the summer.” As Amick notes in that conversation, what the Warriors need is for the wheels...
Butler seems to be on a Hall-of-Fame trajectory — he’s at 71 percent odds right now, and he stands to boost that if the Heat make a deep playoff run behind his malleable excellence. If he does reach the Hall, it’s not unreasonable to expect him to celebrate with a glass of ...
Saturday, Jimmy Butler was at a gym at the University of Colorado in Boulder working on his touch on shots near the rim. He'd had 48 hours to think about what had gone wrong for him and the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals just two days prior, and what he could...
After just one season, the Timberwolves traded him to the Philadelphia 76ers. The trend continued as the 76ers then traded Butler to the Miami Heat after just one season. Finally, Jimmy found his home in Miami. It is arguably a match made in heaven given the mentality of Butler and the...
but I know I can make it if this guy can make it," Butler said. "I always saw Lance Stephenson. I saw him, and I was like, 'Nah man, if he in the league then I can be in the league. He is a talented ass player, don't get me wrong, but if he can do it, I...
Early in the Heat–Spurs game, Chris Paul got stuck guarding the much bigger Nikola Jovic in the post. Rather than give up a bucket, Paul fouled Jovic, who ended up on the ground. On the ensuing possession, Butler gave Paul a chest bump to the back and knocked him out of bounds. ...
Jimmy Butleris someone who has seldom held back when looking to troll others. More than once, he has taken shots at his rival teams for their poor gameplay or trash talk. His not-so-recent comments about the Celtics even got him into t...