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Jimmy Butler Thesis Statement
I will be writing about Jimmy Butler a professional basketball player who turned from being homeless to an NBA All-Star. Born Jimmy Butler III on September 14, 1989. In Houston, Texas. Butlers father stepped away from the family while he was still an infant. Meaning Jimmy would grow up with no father to give him well needed talks about the understanding of life. At the young age of 13 Butler's mother forced him out of the house. As remembered by Butler in a 2011 interview, she said to him, “ I don't like the view of you. You gotta leave.” Jimmy then remembers thinking,”Where am I gonna go to stay and sleep?” Jimmy a thirteen year old now having to fend for himself, bounced from home to home. Friends house to friend's house.
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