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No kidding.
Found this in the NYTimes today. So take heart.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/sp.../07knicks.html
"... Jackie Butler, who left the Knicks for the Spurs over the summer, has yet to play this season. “His time is ahead of him, he’s only 20 years old,” Popovich said. “Our main concern with Jackie is that we want to get him in shape and show him what it takes to compete at the highest level.” The Knicks declined to match the Spurs’ 3-year, $7 million offer to Butler, because they had made major investments in Eddy Curry and Jerome James."
No kidding.
Damn, I'm glad someone cleared that one up...
still...... i hate waitin for this , we need his reb.
Because he is too young.
I've found that Elson+Oberto wasn't enough to play against Curry last night. Both were in foul trouble. I hope that Butler will be ready for the playoff because I think that Spurs will need him against centers like Shaq or Yao.
I agree this idea. I think Butler is better better than oberto. Maybe he can t star line 5 up.But we need in the bench.
Actually, Steve Nash and Dwyane Wade are MVPs right now.
Believe me, he's not playing because he is terrible nuff said. And he kind of remind me of Nazr Mohammed by the way.
Another article about Butler :
http://www.greenwichtime.com/sports/...y-knicks-print
Popovich also made reference to the Knicks' situation when he was asked about Jackie Butler, the young center the Knicks opted to let go to San Antonio over the summer. Butler, whom Isiah Thomas found in the CBA, was on the inactive list last night. Popovich said the 20-year-old needs to improve his conditioning.
"We want to get him in shape," Popovich said, 'and show him what it takes to compete at the highest level."
Butler is 'buying in," Popovich added. "He came to us at about 28 percent body fat. He's 19 1/2 now. He's listening and working. We all know he's a talented kid. It's the other side of it that's important."
The Spurs, who have had the good fortune to draft David Robinson and Tim Duncan, know they have time to develop Butler. They also have the right environment.
Both articles think he's 20-years-old.
Not that it's important, but he's 21.
It's damn sure important to him, I bet.
Actually the first article was a direct quote from Pop, and the second article is most-likely paraphrasing Pop's comments, so it's Pop who is mis-informed. Not that it matters much, he still drives home the point that JB is young and that he has to improve his conditioning to be a consistent factor for the team in the future. I'm glad he's "buying in" as Pop said.
I wonder if he ever gave that girl her jacket back
He will play when the Spurs are up 25 with 5 minutes left in the game.
He used it to wipe his mouth after a humongous meal.I wonder if he ever gave that girl her jacket back
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28 percent body fat??? Fat, fat fatty fat.
Hopefully Eric Williams and Bonner are on Butler's training program. Butler is advancing quickly and those two still seem very out of shape.
We should keep eric williams fat. He's already old and slow. What harm can some bulk do to him? He can use his girth to bully people around.
He's not that old, so he probably doesn't need to be slow. Having another small forward who could actually play sometimes can't be a bad thing.
If Butler's already lost roughly 9% of his body fat he's slimming down pretty darn quick. Must mean he wants to prove himself. 28% is amazingly high for an NBA player not named Barkley.
Bruce Bowen probably plays the game at around 5-7% I'd think. He doesn't appear to have an ounce of fat on him.
Yeah, if Eric doesn't lose some weight, we should buy him out and bring back Jamar or start another SF project.
Isn't he like 40?
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