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Not A Serious Person

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The year Jimmy Buckets was born
« on: June 07, 2023, 01:36:50 PM »
ESPN just dropped a long and detailed story about Jimmy's three years at MU, including interviews with many players from that era.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37806119/jimmy-buckets

WAY BEFORE JIMMY BUTLER BECAME JIMMY BUCKETS, before he'd take a play-in No. 8 seed to the NBA Finals, before his voice could take over practices, games and news conferences, he was just a frustrated sixth man for a fringe NCAA tournament team.

Then everything changed.

It was 2009. Butler was a junior at Marquette when Darius Johnson-Odom arrived. Almost immediately, Butler noticed the way assistant coach David "Aki" Collins bonded with the sophomore. Collins called him "DJ," and he went from pushing DJ hard to putting his arm around the new kid when he struggled.

It was warm. Parental, almost. Butler hadn't experienced much of that in his life.
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Re: The year Jimmy Buckets was born
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2023, 02:12:39 PM »
Really good read. 

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Re: The year Jimmy Buckets was born
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2023, 02:12:55 PM »
That was a real good read, Smugs. Thanks for posting.
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Re: The year Jimmy Buckets was born
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2023, 05:44:43 PM »
Every time Jimmy hits a baseline 15 footer I think of those UConn and St Johns game winners.  What a trip down memory lane.

Pretty sure I remember seeing him in the bunny suit too

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Re: The year Jimmy Buckets was born
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2023, 06:43:49 PM »
great stuff!!  always good read for MU. 

 for a school our size, the national exposure this creates

 this is good pub for a future recruit to see.

    take it from here shaka and go long big fella
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