Maybe the best comparison to Jimmy Butler is ... Iguodala in his Philly days, when he was in his 20's. As with Butler, Iggy was an elite defender with an all-around game, not a natural scorer, but crafty enough to get points and develop his offensive game.
Neither wanted to shoot 3's, both got lots of steals and deflections.
In 8 seasons in Philly, Iggy: 15.3 Pts / 5.8 boards / 4.9 assists.
That's 15 / 6 / 5 while playing elite defense
Had 3 seasons of 18+ points.
My other comparison would be Paul Pierce. Another guy who took his time on offense, played at his own pace and was tough to stop. Also clutch.
Now Butler and Iggy are teammates.
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Should Iggy make the HoF?Only 1 all-star appearance (where he went 6-7 FG).
But LeBJ was a guaranteed East SF starter, and mostly the other SF slot went to Pierce (10 AS games), with Deng and Granger, like Iggy, getting one apiece.
But Iguodala was the 2015 Finals MVP.
Made all-defense 1st team. Another 2nd team.
Was the best player on his team a number of years.
Will finish with roughly 6K boards and 5K assists, but under 15K points.
Much of his candidacy will depend on those 3 titles with GS, where he was a key member of the GSW dynasty, and usually finished games there as part of their death lineup, which switched a ton.
Iggy has now been in 6 straight Finals, frequently charged with guarding LBJ in those. (and KD, Kawhi, Harden in the playoffs).
I'm inclined to call it an HoF career.
So LeBronco and Pierce -- two clear HoFers were better?
Iggy made his mark.
Edit: here's an article on that very topic:
https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/nba-insider-tom-haberstroh/andre-iguodala-no-stats-hall-famerThey point out Iggy's +/- in the 5 Finals. And his career Win Shares.
When Iggy was on GSW I use to enjoy checking out the box score and seeing Iggy with maybe 0 points, but other stats and high + for the game.
In the 5 GSW Finals, Iggy has the best +/- of any Warrior.
And the best Finals +/- since 1997 (when it was first tracked of anyone except Ginobili -- another guy who largely came off the bench, was a winner, and deserves to be HoF despite less than gaudy stats.
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