Jimmy Butler III was born on September 14,1989 and is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.
55 Facts About Jimmy Butler
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Jimmy Butler played one year of college basketball for Tyler Junior College before transferring to Marquette University.
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Jimmy Butler was drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
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Jimmy Butler was again traded in November 2018, this time to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Jimmy Butler's father abandoned the family when Butler was an infant.
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Jimmy Butler was not heavily recruited coming out of high school and chose to attend Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas.
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Jimmy Butler was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
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Jimmy Butler averaged a career-high 38.7 minutes per game, which ranked first in the NBA.
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On November 25,2014, Jimmy Butler tied a career high with 32 points in a loss to the Denver Nuggets.
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On January 29,2015, Jimmy Butler was named a reserve for the Eastern Conference in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game.
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On July 9,2015, Jimmy Butler re-signed with the Bulls to a five-year, $95 million contract.
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Jimmy Butler 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.
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Jimmy Butler became the first Bulls player to score 50 points since Jamal Crawford in 2004.
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Jimmy Butler was voted to play in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, but the injury forced him to drop out, and he was replaced in the East team by teammate Pau Gasol.
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Jimmy Butler finished 11 for 11 from the free-throw line and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Bulls overcame a seven-point deficit in the final three minutes.
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Jimmy Butler was a point shy of his career high, which he got on January 14,2016, and scored 20 points in the first half and 17 in the game's final four minutes.
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Jimmy Butler had 12 rebounds and six assists while shooting 21-of-22 from the free-throw line.
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On January 19, Jimmy Butler was named a starter on the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the 2017 NBA All-Star Game.
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Jimmy Butler subsequently finished with just three points on 1-for-13 shooting.
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On June 22,2017, Jimmy Butler was traded, along with the rights to Justin Patton, to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn and the rights to Lauri Markkanen.
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Jimmy Butler chose to not play in the All-Star Game, prioritizing the stretch run of the season and thought the rest would benefit him.
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Shortly before training camp in 2018, Jimmy Butler requested a trade from the Timberwolves, indicating he would not re-sign with the team in the 2019 off-season.
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On November 12,2018, Jimmy Butler was traded, along with Justin Patton, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Jerryd Bayless, Robert Covington, Dario Saric and a 2022 second-round draft pick.
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On July 6,2019, Jimmy Butler signed with the Miami Heat via a sign and trade with the 76ers in a four-team trade.
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On January 30,2020, Jimmy Butler was named to his fifth NBA All-Star Game.
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In Game 3 of the 2020 NBA Finals, Jimmy Butler finished with 40 points, 11 rebounds, and 13 assists and became the third player in Finals history to record a 40+ point triple-double, joining LeBron James in 2015 and Jerry West with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1969.
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Jimmy Butler became the first player to have more points, rebounds and assists in a Finals game than James, who finished with 25 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
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In Game 5, Jimmy Butler had 35 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 steals to become the first player to register 35+ points, 10+ rebounds, 10+ assists and 5+ steals in a Finals game.
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Jimmy Butler is the second player to reach such stats in NBA playoff history after Gary Payton in 2000.
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Jimmy Butler became the second player with multiple 30-point triple-doubles in the same Finals series, joining James in 2015.
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Jimmy Butler became the sixth player with multiple triple-doubles in a Finals series along with James, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain and Draymond Green.
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Jimmy Butler became only the second player in a Finals series to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, joining James in 2016.
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Jimmy Butler finished the Finals averaging 26.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 2.2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.
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Jimmy Butler finished the regular season leading the league in steals with 2.1 steals per game.
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In Game 4, Jimmy Butler recorded his third career playoff triple-double.
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On January 23,2022, during a matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James, Jimmy Butler surpassed James for first place on the Heat all-time triple-doubles list.
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On February 3, Jimmy Butler was named a reserve for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game, making it his sixth career All-Star selection.
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Jimmy Butler became only the third player in franchise history to have at least 45 points, five assists and five rebounds in a postseason game, joining James and Dwyane Wade.
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Jimmy Butler became the fifth player since 1978 to have at least 45 points and zero turnovers in an NBA playoff game.
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Jimmy Butler became the first player in NBA postseason history to meet all of those benchmarks since steals and blocks were first recorded in 1974.
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Jimmy Butler posted his fifth career playoff game with 40 points on 60 percent shooting, and tied with Charles Barkley for third-most over the last 30 playoffs.
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Jimmy Butler achieved the most 40-point, 5-rebound and 5-assist playoff games in Heat history with three, one more than James and Wade.
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Jimmy Butler made 16 of 29 shots, including 4-of-8 from the three-point range and all 11 free throws.
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Jimmy Butler became the first player since Michael Jordan in 1988 to have multiple games of at least 40 points and four steals in the same series.
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Jimmy Butler had his eighth 30-point game of the postseason, making it the most in a single postseason by a Heat player since James in 2013, who had eight such games.
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Jimmy Butler scored eight consecutive Heat points at the end of regulation just to get them into the extra session.
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Jimmy Butler led the way going 23-of-23 from the free throw line, tying Dominique Wilkins for the second-most made free throws without a miss in NBA history.
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Jimmy Butler moved to second place in 35+ point playoff games in Heat franchise history, surpassing LeBron James and trailing only Dwyane Wade.
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Jimmy Butler became the first player in Heat history to put up back-to-back 40-point playoff games and put up his eighth 40-point playoff game as a member of the Heat, surpassing Dwyane Wade's previous Heat franchise record of seven 40-point playoff games.
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In Games 4 and 5, Jimmy Butler amassed a total of 98 points, becoming one of five players in NBA playoff history to produce that many points in a two-game span.
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Jimmy Butler joined Michael Jordan, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor and Rick Barry.
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Jimmy Butler finished the series averaging 37.6 points, 6 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
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Jimmy Butler is a fan of country music and was featured in the music video of the country song "Light It Up" by Luke Bryan.
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Jimmy Butler is good friends with Mark Wahlberg, whom he met while Wahlberg was filming Transformers: Age of Extinction in Chicago.
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Jimmy Butler became a fan of soccer during the 2016 Summer Olympics, after watching Neymar Jr.