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HEIGHT 6 ft7 in / 2.01m Age 27 years
FROM
Marquette
NBA DEBUT
2011
YEARS IN NBA
5
PREVIOUSLY
CHI 2011-17
Appeared in 67 games (all starts) and averaged a team-high 20.9 ppg (T-16th in the NBA), 5.3 rpg, 4.8 apg and 1.64 spg in 36.9 mpg (3rd) … shot .454 from the field, .312 from behind the arc and .832 from the line … led the team in scoring a team-high 31 times, in assists a team-high 29 times, in boards three times and in minutes a team-high 55 times … scored 10+ points 62 times, including 36 games with 20+ points and seven games with 30+ points … earned his second NBA All-Star bid as a reserve on the East squad but did not play due to injury … recorded second career triple-double vs. PHI (4/13) (10 pts/12 reb/10 ast) … notched …show more content…
"He had to stay out of trouble. Work hard in school. He had to set an example. And you know what? Jimmy did it. Anything I asked him to do, he did it without asking questions."
"I told him my kids looked up to him, he had to stay out of trouble. Work hard in school. He had to set an example. And you know what? Jimmy did it. Anything I asked him to do, he did it without asking questions” said Michelle Lambert.
Born: September 14, 1989 in Houston, Texas, United States
Born Jimmy Butler III on September 14, 1989, in Houston, TX; son of Jimmy Butler (a truck driver) and Londa
Butler was born in Houston, Texas on September 14th, 1989, to Jimmy and Londa Butler.
His father, also named Jimmy, abandoned the family when Butler was a child, leaving him in the care of his mother, Londa Butler. Butler's relationship with his mother became strained during his adolescence, and at age 13 he was kicked out of the house.
Butler’s father, also named Jimmy, left him and his mother early in Butler’s childhood. From that point, until he was 13, when she kicked him out of the house, Jimmy’s mother, Londa took care of …show more content…
National Basketball Association, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2017.
Summary:
Jimmy Butler, a 6’7 forward for the Chicago Bulls, has been with the Bulls for all of his five years in the NBA, out of Marquette University. Every year since hia rookie season in 2011-2012, in which he only averaged 2.6 points per game, Jimmy Butler has used determination and grit to improve. In the 2015-2016 season, Butler avergaed over 20 points per game.
Ford, Chad. "Jimmy Butler Finds a New Home, Hope." ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures, 18 June 2011. Web. 01 May 2017.
Summary:
"I don't like the look of you. You gotta go¨ were the final words that Jimmy Butler’s mother said to him. His mother kicked him out of the house when he was only 13 years old. Butler’s college coach, Buzz Williams, advised Butler to “take everything one day at a time. That's literally what I live by.” Butler bounced around from friends house to friends house, until finally finding a home in his friend Leslie Lambert’s house. Butler he soon became a role model for the other seven children in Lambert household.
"Jimmy Butler." Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 135, Gale, 2017. Biography in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1606007697/BIC1?u=ccpshigh&xid=5e8323b5. Accessed 3 May