The All-Star Game is notorious for 0 defense for 3 quarters and then all out D in the 4th. It happens every year. Every player does it.
But Jimmy Butler? He isn’t like most players. He’s going to play in his first All-Star Game this year and he wants to put all his energy into it. And that means on the defensive end according to Kurt Helin of ProBasketballTalk.
“They might not, but I do,” Butler said with a smile Thursday night in Los Angeles. “So if you see me diving on the floor and people say ‘what is he doing?’ I can’t help but be the player that I am.”
Like his coach, Butler just does not see this latest step forward as his last.
“Just goes to show that I’m confident in my game,” Butler said. “You could say it’s All-Star worthy right now but I have a long way to go to get where I want to… where we want to go as a team, I should say. The work this summer, it’s starting to pay off, but I don’t want it to end just here. There’s another step I want to take.”
Jimmy Butler is an All-Star and he’s the favourite for the Most Improved Player award. He is a staunch defender. Why not show your prowess in the All-Star Game of all places?
