What’s wrong with Jimmy Butler’s offense? That’s a question a lot of Chicago Bulls fans are asking.
After the offseason of work he put into developing his scoring, it’s been a disappointing season for the wing, who is averaging just 12.4 points per game while shooting a mere 37.9 percent from the field.
The answer is two parts. First, injuries have impacted him, and second, expectations for what he could do were being overstated by some.
Exaggerated expectations notwithstanding, he was reasonably expected to do better than he has been doing, though. So, what’s been the problem? It can be helpful if we break his season down into four parts:
Before his turf toe injury (November 18)
From his return from injury to the Luol Deng trade (January 6).
From the trade to the Charlotte Bobcats game on January 25.
From the Minnesota Timberwolves game (January 27) until the All-Star break.
Here is a table showing some of his key stats from each time frame. Following that I’ll break down what they mean, why these time frames were chosen and how it’s relevant to Butler’s o ...
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What’s Wrong with Jimmy Butler’s Offense?
February 15th, 2014 by Kelly Scaletta Leave a reply »
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