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Jimmy Butler: 'I'm Not a Star, I'm a Good Role Player'

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✕We appreciate your humility, .&nbsp;The shooting guard has been off to a torrid start during the 2014-15 season, leaving no doubt he's one of the future standouts at his particular position. Of course, he's already been an exemplary contributor throughout the opening salvo of the campaign, lending credibility to anyone who would like to call him a star.&nbsp;Based on his numbers—21.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game with a 22.6 player efficiency rating, per —I'd feel perfectly comfortable bestowing that classification upon him. Chicago head coach Tom Thibodeau feels the same way, as he told :&nbsp;The odds have always been against Butler. His path to the is as unlikely as anyone who plays in the league given that&nbsp;&nbsp;(of being homeless at 13 before moving in with a friend's family) reads like the basketball version of 'The Blind Side.' No matter how many ups and downs Butler endured in his journey to the precipice of NBA stardom, the 25-year-old never stopped believing in himself. The same drive that helped get him out of Tomball, Texas, and into Marquette University is the same fuel that's pushed him to average over 20 points a game early this season.&nbsp;No matter how high Butler's stardom grows it doesn't appear that he will ever lose the gigantic chip that resides on his shoulder. Like many great athletes, Butler is driven, in large part, by the opportunity to prove people wrong. He likes when the odds are high because that's the way it's been for him all his life. He doesn't know any differently.×Bleacher Report{{description}}(120K+)

✕We appreciate your humility, .&nbsp;The shooting guard has been off to a torrid start during the 2014-15 season, leaving no doubt he's one of the future standouts at his particular position. Of course, he's already been an exemplary contributor throughout the opening salvo of the campaign, lending credibility to anyone who would like to call him a star.&nbsp;Based on his numbers—21.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game with a 22.6 player efficiency rating, per —I'd feel perfectly comfortable bestowing that classification upon him. Chicago head coach Tom Thibodeau feels the same...

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