Hmmmmmmm……. Already this season, he’s only played 25:49 against Orlando, 25:01 against Charlotte, 29:21 against the Lakers, and 29:26 against Toronto. That’s not counting the game in which he played 6:44 against Denver prior to missing the subsequent four games. He also missed one game against the Celtics for “rest.”

So in those four games (not counting the one where he got hurt), he averaged 27:24, including two games in which he averaged 25:25. Did he really “play a lot of minutes every game he plays in”?

just looked at their schedule, not a lot of tough games for them through the end of january…

I knew they weren’t as bad as their terrible start, but they are almost looking contenderish. Giannis and Lillard are back to 100% and Lopez still has something left in the tank. If they can stay healthy and get anything out of Middleton they won’t be an easy out.

>>The reason his career minutes are low is because he’s constantly having knee and other injury issues and only plays 60 games per season hoping to have enough in the tank for a solid playoff run.

This. I may be missing some sarcasm here. But to argue the Jimmy is “less washed” than Kobe was because he has less minutes – seriously confuses causation w correlation. The low minutes, if anything prove that Butler is made of glass and would be a higher risk of decline, all else equal.