Jimmy Butler Believes His Position Is Point Guard AUG 14, 2015 4:31 PM Jimmy Butler is working on his ball handling and believes he could play more point guard next season. "First off, I think I am a point guard,” Butler said without joking. “So I’ve done a heck of a lot of ball screen work, ball handling, getting into the paint and still handling, floaters, all that stuff point guards do. If I get a chance, high pick and roll more. I want some triple doubles. "I’ve got to get my handle right so I can pass and get it to guys where they can make shots. I told Fred. You ask what position I play, I say point guard.” Butler was also asked about his reported rift with Derrick Rose. “We didn’t win; that’s it,” Butler said in a cut-it-out tone. “When you don’t win somebody has to find something to blame it on because we had a very good team and we were supposed to win. So why not throw out a guy like myself, who had a pretty decent year, and Derrick coming back and say they were clashing. That was a story everyone wanted to talk about and it worked. Everybody is fine. We just want to win. I laugh at it. I know what’s really going on. Everybody doesn’t. He knows. We’re fine. Whenever we win all of this is going right out the window. We start winning at the beginning of the season it’s not an issue anymore.” That's crazy talk right there.
Uh, no, he's a SF or a SG. Working on your handles so you can make good passes and set teammates up is fine, but he's not a PG. He should be focusing on his defense and his scoring, those are his strengths, leave the ball-handling to the real PG's and save your energy for your strengths.
