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When we talk about NBA superstars, we normally don't mention Jimmy Butler.

But over the last five years, Butler has averaged more than 22 points just once.

We don't talk about Jimmy Butler during the regular season.

But scoring isn't the only indication of a great player because he's a great two-way player,

an elite defender. And when it comes to big games, he delivers. So far in the postseason,

he's averaged just under 30 points per game, two and a half steals per game. Last night, no different,

led the heat to the win. He had 41. And when we talk about stars, you're going to talk about

LeBron or Luca, Greek freak, and rightfully so, Jason Tatum. Butler has done this before.

It's just he's had a weird career where he was, I think, the last pick of

the first round by the Bulls. He also played for the Sixers. He also played for Minnesota,

and now he's with the Miami Heat. I don't know how many future Hall of Famers played for

four teams over the first 10 years of their career. I think that's probably the numbers

there for Jimmy Butler. But he has that mentality that you want. It's playoff basketball.

You know, we talked about Rajan Rondo, playoff Rondo. There are certain players, Reggie Miller in

the postseason. Tim Duncan was great in the postseason. I mean,

he was very good during the regular season. Tim Duncan always stepped his game up.

And I have a crazy stat about that. I'll give that to you coming up. But it feels like every year,

at least one time we say the following, man, that Jimmy Butler is really good in the postseason.

Right? We always bring it up. We don't mention his name until May.

And then he has a game and we go, gosh, he's really good or he really cares.

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