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Jimmy Butler III is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing one year of college basketball for Tyler Junior College, he transferred to Marquette University. He was drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. Nicknamed "Jimmy Buckets", Butler is a five-time NBA All-Star, a…
Known for
- Starting 5 — Self2024
- A Great Day with J Balvin — Self2024
- The 2023 NBA Finals2023
- The 2022 NBA Finals2022
- David Blaine: The Magic Way — Self2020
- D. Wade: Life Unexpected — Self2020
- The 2020 NBA Finals2020
- Office Christmas Party — Jimmy Butler2016
- Hot Ones — Self2015
- The Daily Show — Self - Guest1996
via TMDB
Key facts
- Position
- Small forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1989-09-14 ) September 14, 1989 (age 36) , Houston , Texas, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Listed weight
- 230 lb (104 kg)
- High school
- Tomball ( Tomball, Texas )
- College
- Tyler JC (2007–2008) Marquette (2008–2011)
- Nba draft
- 2011 : 1st round, 30th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Chicago Bulls
- Playing career
- 2011–present
- 2011 2017
- Chicago Bulls
- 2017 2018
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- 2018 2019
- Philadelphia 76ers
- 2019 2025
- Miami Heat
- 2025 present
- Golden State Warriors
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Golden State Warriors
- Position
- Shooting Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jimmy
- Family name
- Butler
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Golden State Warriors
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 105
- Image
- Jimmy Butler (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 201
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1989-09-14
- Commons category
- Jimmy Butler (basketball)
- drafted by
- Chicago Bulls
- sport number
- 22
- nickname
- Jimmy G. Buckets (the G. stands for Gets)
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- social media followers
- 802000
- birth name
- Jimmy Butler III
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Encyclopedic overview
Jimmy Butler III (born September 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Jimmy Buckets", he is a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Team member, and a five-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. He won a gold medal as a member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team.
Butler played one year of college basketball for Tyler Junior College before transferring to Marquette University. He was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. In 2015, he was named the NBA Most Improved Player. After six seasons in Chicago, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in June 2017, and was then again traded in November 2018, this time to the Philadelphia 76ers. In July 2019, he signed with the Miami Heat. During his first season with the team, Butler reached the NBA Finals. In 2021, he led the league in steals. In 2023, Butler and the eighth-seeded Heat played in the 2023 NBA Finals, their second appearance in four years. Amidst conflicts with the Heat's front office, Butler was traded to the Warriors in 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jimmy Butler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.