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Revision as of 01:14, 15 February 2016
No. 21 – Chicago Bulls | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | ShaqCity | September 14, 1989
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Tomball (Tomball, Texas) |
College | |
NBA draft | 2011: 1st round, 30th overall pick |
Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
Playing career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
2011–present | Chicago Bulls |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Jimmy Butler III (born September 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in [[jacktown], Butler grew up in Tomball, Texas, and played college basketball for Tyler Junior College and Marquette University. He was drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Bulls. A two-time NBA All-Star and a two-time NBA All-Defensive Team honoree, he was also named the NBA Most Improved Player in 2015.
Early life
Before the 2011 draft, one NBA general manager said about Butler, "His story is one of the most remarkable I've seen in all my years of basketball. There were so many times in his life where he was set up to fail. Every time, he overcame just enormous odds. When you talk to him—and he's hesitant to talk about his life—you just have this feeling that this kid has greatness in him."[1]
Butler's father abandoned the family when he was an infant. By the time he was 13 years old and living in the Houston suburb of Tomball, his mother kicked him out of the house. As Butler remembered it in a 2011 interview, she told him, "I don't like the look of you. You gotta go." He then bounced between the homes of various friends, staying for a few weeks at a time before moving to another house.[1]
In a summer basketball league before his senior year at Tomball High School, he was noticed by Jordan Leslie, a freshman football and basketball player at the school, who challenged him to a three-point shooting contest. The two immediately became friends, and Butler began staying at Leslie's house. Although his friend's mother and stepfather, who had six other children between them, were reluctant at first, they took him in within a few months. Butler would later say, "They accepted me into their family. And it wasn't because of basketball. She [Michelle Lambert, Leslie's mother] was just very loving. She just did stuff like that. I couldn't believe it.[1]
As a junior at Tomball High, Butler averaged 10 points per game. As a senior and team captain in 2006–07, Butler averaged 19.9 points and 8.7 rebounds per game and was subsequently voted his team's most valuable player.
Butler was not heavily recruited coming out of high school and chose to attend Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas.
College career
After his freshman season at Tyler, where he averaged 18.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, Butler gained interest from Division I programs. Considered a two-star recruit by 247Sports.com,[2] he was listed as the No. 127 junior college prospect in 2008.[3]
Butler accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Marquette, where, as a sophomore in the 2008–09 season, he averaged 5.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, and recorded a free-throw percentage of .768. Butler moved into the starting lineup as a junior during the 2009–10 season and averaged 14.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, and earned All-Big East Honorable Mention honors. His season was highlighted by two game-winning shots vs. UConn and St. John's, helping Marquette finish 11-7 in the Big East and earn its fifth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. As a senior in 2010–11, he averaged 15.7 points per game and earned All-Big East Honorable Mention for the second straight year.
College statistics
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2008–09 | Marquette | 35 | 0 | 19.6 | .514 | .000 | .768 | 3.9 | .7 | .5 | .5 | 5.6 |
2009–10 | Marquette | 34 | 34 | 34.3 | .530 | .500 | .766 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 1.3 | .6 | 14.7 |
2010–11 | Marquette | 37 | 35 | 34.6 | .490 | .345 | .783 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | .4 | 15.7 |
Career[4] | 106 | 69 | 29.6 | .508 | .383 | .773 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .5 | 12.0 |
Professional career
Chicago Bulls (2011–present)
2011–12 season
Butler was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.[5] On December 9, 2011, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Bulls.[6] During the lockout-shortened season, he appeared in 42 games all off the bench as he averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in 2011–12.
2012–13 season
In July 2012, Butler joined the Bulls for the 2012 NBA Summer League where he averaged 20.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in four games.[7] On October 30, 2012, the Bulls exercised their third-year team option on Butler's rookie scale contract, extending the contract through the 2013–14 season.[8] Despite a strong summer league showing, Butler saw little playing time for the first part of the 2012–13 season. When Butler's teammate Luol Deng, the NBA's leader that year in minutes per game, suffered an injury prior to the January 19 game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Butler was finally able to start, and played all but 17 seconds in his first NBA start, recording 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.[9] He continued to play at least 40 minutes in the Bulls' next four games, with 43, 46, 44 and 45 minutes played against the Lakers, Pistons, Warriors and Wizards, respectively.[10] On April 9, 2013, Butler scored a then career-high 28 points, starting in place of the injured Deng, in a 98-101 loss to the Toronto Raptors.[11] By the end of the 2012–13 season, Butler had become a staple of the Bulls' rotation, averaging 40.8 minutes per game in the postseason in just his second year in the NBA.
2013–14 season
On October 30, 2013, the Bulls exercised their fourth-year team option on Butler's rookie scale contract, extending the contract through the 2014–15 season.[12] On January 15, 2014, Butler set a Bulls franchise record for minutes played in one game by logging 60 minutes in a triple overtime victory over the Orlando Magic.[13] On June 2, 2014, he was named to the NBA All-Defensive second team.[14]
2014–15 season
On November 25, 2014, Butler tied a career-high 32 points in a loss to the Denver Nuggets.[15] On December 3, 2014, he was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for games played in October/November.[16] He went on to score a new career-high of 35 points in a 103–97 win over the New York Knicks on December 18.[17]
On January 29, 2015, Butler was named a reserve for the Eastern Conference in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game.[18] On March 2, 2015, he was ruled out for three to six weeks with a left elbow injury.[19] He returned to action on March 23 against the Charlotte Hornets, recording 19 points and 9 rebounds in a 98–86 win.[20] On April 20, Butler set a playoff career-high for the second straight game with 31 points, as the Bulls defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 91–82 to take a 2–0 lead in their first-round series.[21] On April 25, Butler again set a playoff career-high with 33 points, in a Bulls' 92–90 loss to the Bucks, cutting their series lead to 3–2.[22] On May 7, he was named the Most Improved Player for the 2014–15 season, becoming the first player in franchise history to win the award.[23]
2015–16 season
On July 9, 2015, Butler re-signed with the Bulls to a five-year, $95 million contract. The deal includes a player option for the fifth year.[24][25] On December 9, he scored a career-high 36 points in a loss to the Boston Celtics.[26] He topped that mark with 43 points on December 18 in a 147–144 quadruple overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons.[27] On January 3, Butler broke Michael Jordan's team record for points in a half, scoring 40 of his 42 after the break to lead the Bulls to a 115–113 win over the Toronto Raptors.[28] Two days later, he recorded 32 points and a season-high 10 assists in a 117–106 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.[29] On January 14, he scored a career-high 53 points in a 115–111 overtime win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Butler also had 10 rebounds and six assists while making 15-of-30 field goals and 21-of-25 free throws to help the Bulls snap a three-game losing streak. He became the first Bulls player to score 50 points since Jamal Crawford in 2004.[30] On February 5, Butler suffered a left knee strain in a game against the Denver Nuggets,[31] and four days later, was ruled out for three to four weeks.[32] He was voted to play in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, but the injury forced him to drop out, and he was subsequently replaced in the East team by teammate Pau Gasol.[33]
NBA career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Led the league |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2011–12 | Chicago | 42 | 0 | 8.5 | .405 | .182 | .768 | 1.3 | .3 | .3 | .1 | 2.6 |
2012–13 | Chicago | 82 | 20 | 26.0 | .467 | .381 | .803 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .4 | 8.6 |
2013–14 | Chicago | 67 | 67 | 38.7 | .397 | .283 | .769 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | .5 | 13.1 |
2014–15 | Chicago | 65 | 65 | 38.7 | .462 | .378 | .834 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 1.8 | .6 | 20.0 |
Career | 256 | 152 | 29.7 | .440 | .333 | .804 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | .4 | 11.7 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2012 | Chicago | 3 | 0 | 1.3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
2013 | Chicago | 12 | 12 | 40.8 | .435 | .405 | .818 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | .5 | 13.3 |
2014 | Chicago | 5 | 5 | 43.6 | .386 | .300 | .783 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .0 | 13.6 |
2015 | Chicago | 12 | 12 | 42.2 | .441 | .389 | .819 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 2.4 | .8 | 22.9 |
Career | 32 | 29 | 38.1 | .431 | .380 | .813 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | .5 | 15.7 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Ford, Chad (June 18, 2011). "Jimmy Butler finds a new home, hope". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ^ Jimmy Butler Recruiting Profile
- ^ 247Sports Rankings 2008 Basketball Top Junior College Recruits
- ^ "Jimmy Butler Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ^ Cowley, Joe (June 24, 2011). "Marquette's Jimmy Butler caps night of blindsides by Bulls". Sun-Times.com. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ BULLS SIGN ROOKIE GUARD JIMMY BUTLER
- ^ 2012 Chicago Bulls NBA Summer League Roster
- ^ Bulls exercise third-year option on Butler
- ^ Notebook: Grizzlies 85, Bulls 82
- ^ Chicago Bulls Fan Beat: Butler Shines at SL Games, Thomas Turns Heads
- ^ Notebook: Raptors 101, Bulls 98
- ^ BULLS EXERCISE OPTIONS ON BUTLER AND TEAGUE
- ^ Cowley, Joe (January 15, 2014). "Jimmy Butler sets franchise record, plays 60 minutes in Bulls' 3-OT win". Sun-Times.com. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ^ Cowley, Joe (June 2, 2014). "Joakim Noah, Jimmy Butler named to NBA All-Defensive teams". Sun-Times.com. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ^ Thibodeau: 'Incredible' Butler is a star
- ^ JIMMY BUTLER NAMED KIA NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE MONTH
- ^ Butler scores 35, Bulls beat Knicks 103-97
- ^ BUTLER NAMED EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR RESERVE
- ^ JIMMY BUTLER INJURY UPDATE
- ^ Bulls clinch playoff spot with 98-86 win over Hornets
- ^ Jimmy Butler Scores Playoff Career High 31-points in Game 2
- ^ "Jerryd Bayless buzzer-beater helps Bucks stay alive vs. Bulls". ESPN.com. April 26, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ JIMMY BUTLER WINS 2014-15 KIA MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD
- ^ "BULLS SIGN JIMMY BUTLER". NBA.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ Windhorst, Brian (July 1, 2015). "Jimmy Butler staying in Chicago". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ "Thomas carries Boston to 105-100 win over Chicago". NBA.com. December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ^ "Drummond leads way, Pistons beat Bulls 147-144 in 4 OT". NBA.com. December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ "Butler tops Jordan Bulls record with 40 points in half". NBA.com. January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Butler scores 32 points to lead Bulls over Bucks, 117-106". NBA.com. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ "Butler scores career-high 53 to lead Bulls over 76ers in OT". NBA.com. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ Friedell, Nick (February 8, 2016). "Knee strain to keep Jimmy Butler out against Hornets". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "JIMMY BUTLER INJURY UPDATE". NBA.com. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "PAU GASOL REPLACES JIMMY BUTLER IN ALL-STAR GAME". NBA.com. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
External links
- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Marquette Golden Eagles bio
- Jimmy Butler on Twitter
- 1989 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- Basketball players from Texas
- Chicago Bulls draft picks
- Chicago Bulls players
- Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball players
- National Basketball Association All-Stars
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Houston, Texas
- Tyler Apaches men's basketball players