Jimmy Butler
Birth Name:
Jimmy Butler
Birth Place:
Houston, Texas, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- When he didn't receive any college basketball scholarships, he enrolled at a local junior college, where he finally attracted the attention of high profile colleges, and he eventually chose to attend Marquette University
- His mother abandoned him when he was 13, and he spent the rest of his teenage years moving from house to house until a family with 7 children of their own took him in the summer before his senior year
- Was the final pick of the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft, finding a place with the Chicago Bulls
- While Butler was a teenager, his high school basketball coach wrote hundreds of letters to basketball coaches across the U․S․ to try to get him a place in the NBA
- Quote: "If you win, it doesn't matter how many points you score or rebounds you grab․ If you win a championship, all that is out the window․ That's always been my job, to do whatever it takes to help this team win․"
- Quote: "I'm never going to stop trying to improve on every aspect of the game because I'm not perfect in any aspect․"
- Quickly became one of the most promising young talents in the Chicago Bulls