"Butler delivers and takes beatings, a consequence of his particular style of basketball, which aesthetically certainly is not for everyone. You have to grade durability on a curve: LaMelo Ball will miss 15 to 40 games per campaign due to having papier-maché ankles; Butler, meanwhile, played a solid majority of his team's games every season for 13 years despite deploying his own tender body every night as a bulldozer, a forklift, a wrecking ball, an excavator, a railway stopblock, and a grenade."
"Lately he'd been cooking pretty good, and the Warriors had won 12 of 16 games to climb up to eighth in the Western Conference, a season-best six games over .500. Even with Butler, the Warriors are desperately cramped for offensive space and reliable shot-creation. Of the players who have played at least half of Golden State's games this season, only Butler and Stephen Curry have posted usage rates over 20 percent,"
Jimmy Butler suffered a sudden right ACL rupture that ended his season and will require surgery and many months of recovery during his age-36 campaign. The injury represents the most serious of his career. Butler historically played a majority of his team's games for 13 seasons despite an extremely physical, collision-heavy style that frequently subjects his body to heavy contact. Golden State had recently won 12 of 16 games and climbed to eighth in the Western Conference, but the roster remains cramped for offensive space and reliable shot-creation. Only Butler and Stephen Curry register usage rates above 20 percent among regulars, an unsustainable concentration given their combined age of 73, while DeAnthony Melton is returning from his own ACL recovery.
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