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Roster Previews - Part Three

 

Jimmy Butler


 
SG/SF - 6'7
 
 
2016/17 Season Stats:
23.9PPG - 6.2RPG - 5.5APG - 1.9SPG - 2.1TOPG - 45.5FG% - 36.7 3PT% - 86.5FT%


Jimmy G Buckets. The centrepiece in a trade that has jolted the Timberwolves to playoff contention. The football carrying smiling assassin.

Career year is an understatement when talking about Butler's 2016/17 campaign, careers highs in points, rebounds, assists and steals while taking over 2 more free throws per game shot him from all star to bonafide 2 way star.

According to basketball-reference.com basic and advanced statistics back up Jimmy G's step in to one of the games elites, take a look:
In 2016/17 he ranked -
.4th in Free Throws Made
.5th in Steals Per Game
.13th in Player Efficiency Rating(PER)
.11th in Offensive Rating
.3rd in Offensive Win Shares
.15th in Defensive Win Shares
.3rd in Overall Win Shares
.10th in Box Plus/Minus
That my friends, is dominance on both ends of the floor.

This year Butler needs to continue to be a playmaker as well as primary wing scorer for the Timberwolves, his ability to pass should make pick and rolls with KAT with wiggins as the kick out option extremely fun to watch.

His defense must stay as reliable as he has come to be known for, Jimmy guarding the Lebron's and KD's of the world give Wiggins room to breath defensively instead of being exposed.
Jimmy Butler may well be the biggest prize the Timberwolves have ever managed to trade for, lets hope we can say the same thing in 5 or 10 years.

Article from Jake Paynting for The Howl In The Tree's.
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