
He’s got the poise and patience to pivot and pump, and twist, and then rip through and power to the paint. (Butler's) foundation is his phenomenal footwork.
Butler is also highly physical, using his body to create space - he dips his shoulders on drives, throwing his momentum into his defender's body he doesn't lack craft, however, using ball fakes and spins a lot (he even throws a spin-fake in there sometimes!). When in the post/paint, Jimmy utilises hesitation moves and jab steps effectively, has an effective handle, excellent at keeping defenders on his hips before exploding forward and finishing either at the rim or a bit further out, with a nice little floater off two feet to finish over shotblockers. Jimmy uses his strength/speed/footwork combination to bulldoze or finesse his way to the rim and finish through contact, capable of athletic finishes through multiple defenders. 16% of his shot attempts come from 3, where he's shooting at the worst rate in the league (24.8 FG%).
22% of his shot attempts come from the midrange, where he's unfortunately shot at the 2nd-worst rate in the league (31.7 FG%). "floater range"), where he's also scoring at above-average rate (43.4 FG%) 24% of his shot attempts come in the non-restricted area of the paint (a.k.a. 38% of his shot attempts come in the restricted area, where he's finishing at an above-average rate for forwards (64 FG%). Jimmy Buckets's scoring-breakdown by zone in the 2019-20 regular-season: (per ) Per Basketball Index, Butler is in the 95th-percentile at off-ball movement and finishing among wings, and in the 93rd percentile for post-scoring. He's highly resourceful at racking up points, utilising strength, speed, craft, handles, and deft touch in the paint to compensate for a jumper that deserts him on occasion. Buckets, The 'G' stands for 'Gets'": 21.6 Points/75 on 58.5 TS% (+2.0 rTS%) in the regular-season, 23.8 Points/75 on 63.0 TS% (+5.7 rTS%) in the playoffs thus farīutler finished the regular-season as Miami's leading scorer. FULL LIST + EXPLANATIONS ON IMGUR: per 75, TS%, rTS%, ORTG, rORTG, PnR, PPP, AST%, Backpicks Passer Rating, Box Creation, PIPM, BPM, RAPTOR, RPM.