Chicago Bulls’ Jimmy Butler: “I feel like I’m not a starter yet”
By Mike Dyce
Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau has stated more than once that Jimmy Butler is their starting shooting guard. Butler isn’t resting on his laurels though and is taking a ‘fight for the job’ mentality into training camp.
“I feel like I’m not a starter yet,” said Butler, via NBA.com. “The season isn’t here yet and I still need to work my tail off for the rest of the offseason, go into training camp, play hard and do what I’m supposed to do. Coach Thibs and the management will do whatever they think it takes to help us win. Whether that means me as a starter or coming off the bench, whatever it may be, I’m comfortable with it. I just want to win games.”
That is what you want to see in an athlete. Butler isn’t focusing on refining one point of his game, he is working on it in every area.
I’m working on everything,” said Butler. “My game’s not perfect in any area, so why stop working on one over another? I’m definitely spending time on my three-point shot, because with Derrick back, teams are going to double team him. So we’ve got to be able to open the floor for him. I’m working on some mid-post work, for when I’m going up against a smaller two guard or small forward. You’ve got to be able to score from every point on the floor. And a lot of ball handing, so I can be the secondary ball handler. That’s also important.”