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Where Jimmy Butler Ranks Among The League's Clutch Players

A recent general manager poll by HoopHype.com listed Butler as No. 11
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Where Jimmy Butler Ranks Among The League's Clutch Players
Where Jimmy Butler Ranks Among The League's Clutch Players

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler has often allowed teammates to control games during the first three quarters. 

In the fourth quarter, however, Butler tends to want the ball. It made sense why a recent poll of NBA general managers listed Butler as the No. 11 clutch player in the league. The poll was conducted by HoopsHype.com's Michael Scotto. 

The poll listed a Top 10 but Butler was atop the "Also Receiving Votes" section, ahead of the likes of Klay Thompson, Joel Embiid, Ja Morant and Giannis Antetokounmpo. 

“Jimmy is a killer,” one NBA executive said to HoopsHype. “He’s ultra-confident. It doesn’t matter if he’s missed 15 shots in a row. He thinks he’s going to make the next one. He wants the ball in his hands and has no fear when the game is on the line.”

The full list can be read HERE. 

Butler, a six-time NBA All-Star, has proven his ability clutch play throughout the season. In 2020, he had one of the most clutch postseasons in NBA history while leading the Heat to the Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. 

The Heat return to action Wednesday against the Milwaukee Bucks. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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