Butler = Baller

[DonCornholeone]

Jimmy Butler is a baller and I am glad to have him on our team.  He snagged 8 boards (4 offensive) tonight and blocked two shots, one of them an extremely key block.  He's a worker, knows his role and does his job.  23 games in, he's already one of the best jucos MU has had in the modern era.

[Tampa Warrior]

Jimmy Butler is a baller and I am glad to have him on our team. 

Absolutely.

[reinko]

Jimmy Butler is a baller and I am glad to have him on our team.  He snagged 8 boards (4 offensive) tonight and blocked two shots, one of them an extremely key block.  He's a worker, knows his role and does his job.  23 games in, he's already one of the best jucos MU has had in the modern era.

+2

[ecompt]

I'd like to see him get more of a chance in the offense. He's deferring to the Big Four, which I guess he should, but it would be nice to see him, get a larger role.

[Doris Burkes Thong]

My question with Butler is can he beat his defender off the dribble effectively enough. How would you people rate his first step and explosiveness going to the rack? I can already tell he has a nice mid-range game, which is definately a big plus.

[DonCornholeone]

He is no Jerel or Dom with the first step, but I would say he is same level as Wes.  He well should defer to the big 4 at this stage... we've seen some sweet and semi-sweet moves from him so far, I for one am excited to see what he has in his bag of tricks once he gets a few reigns taken off him.

[augoman]

I guess I had it in the back of my mind that he was taken as the 'buddy' of Fulce, not as a talent himself;  having said that, I've been slow to warm to his play, but appreciative of his performance.  I do think he is still a weakness on D, but quickly improving.  Very impressive-great addition.  Finally can rotate Wes or Lazar or Dwight once in a while w/o the huge let-down.