At the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves grabbed the offensive power.

The ball is in Jimmy Butler's hands!

The latter has gone one step further this season, and even among the Timberwolves' Big Five, it can be said that it has really become the core.

Of course, this would not have been possible without his constant training in the off-season...

Unlike Kevin Durant and other big-name stars, Jimmy Butler has been low-key in the training gym in the offseason, imagine when NB champion and superstar Durant is talking to the media in the offseason, there is still an All-Star player who is working tirelessly to improve himself.

It's scary to think about.

Jimmy Butler was the grassroots star of the Bulls' discovery after the fall of the Roses, and he had a rough life, and he rose to prominence, and when the Chicago Bulls drafted him last in the Shunlun, no one was optimistic about this guy.

All eyes were on the Windy City Rose, and the expectations or adoration of the people had never had anything to do with him. Once Michael Jordan saved the place and led them to the top of the world!

And now, perhaps, only this rose can lead them back to that place. And he? Jimmy Butler? A kid who was disgusted by his own mother? A blue-collar with good defense? At best, it's just a piece of the puzzle for the Rose Dynasty, maybe look at the water cooler, maybe one day when you trade Nuo Ah can be used as a good fill in for a draft pick? Even if you are selected as the finalist, you only deserve to look up to us, and that rose will always be the loudest name floating in the sky above the United Center!

As early as high school, the name Derrick Rose was already known in the United States, and Jimmy Butler was kicked out of the house by his birth mother at the age of 13, "I don't like the way you look, you go." It was the last thing his mother said before she abandoned him, and it was so ruthless that it made people desperate.

Eventually, Jimmy was taken in by a friend's family, and basketball became the only part of his life that would not be abandoned, and he began to make a name for himself and attract some attention.

In 2007, Derek Rose graduated from high school with Jimmy Butler, Derek was known as the No. 1 high school student in the country, and Jimmy, unknown.

In 2011, Jimmy Butler was drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the 30th pick in the first round and officially stepped into the NB. Derrick Rose, who was also a high school student in the class of '07, had become the youngest in the NB at that time, and he was in the limelight for a while, while Butler could only stand in the shadow behind the dazzling light of the Windy City rose and clench his fists.

After a long rookie season, Jimmy's toughness on the defensive end was gradually recognized.

With his tenacious defense in that series against LeBron James, more and more eyes fell on the obscure kid who earned the league's recognition and was named to the 2014 All-Defensive Second Team.

And that rose is withering day by day.

Jimmy Butler gradually has his own voice, more and more playing time, and the right to shoot.

At that time, the Chicago Bulls' main opponents in the East had a headache wing scorer. Cleveland's LeBron James, Toronto's DeRozan, Washington's Walbil Twin Guns, and Miami's Dwyane Wade.

And as the Bulls' defensive spearhead, Jimmy has to use his body to build a flesh-and-blood defense line for Chicago for countless nights.

But his name remains on the Bulls' trade list.

In the 201415 season, he averaged 20 points per game, 58 rebounds and 33 assists, won the Most Improved Player Award, and was named to the second team in defense, and was selected as an All-Star.

In the 201516 season, he averaged 209 points, 53 rebounds and 48 assists per game, and was an All-Star in the second team.

"The whole world knows I love Chicago, and it's where I want to be," Butler said, "and I think that's where I'm going to stay." After last year, everyone was saying that he couldn't do this, that couldn't work. I know a lot more now, and I want to prove to myself that last year's slump guy wasn't me. "He loves the city so much." He does everything, he defends desperately, he scores desperately, he uses a difficult style of play, he tries to keep an eye on everyone, he works hard, he never gets discouraged, he trains hard, he is a team player. "This is the Iron Banded Sect Leader Thibodeau

It is no longer possible to ignore his role, but no one feels that he can be a good leader. Because the city is so proud. Because many years ago, there was a man who led them to step out of a bloody path in the sea of corpses and bones in the iron-blooded era when the heroes rose together, and ascended to the supreme iron throne.

Later that man became the totem here.

The only totem.

Once a bejeweled rose once bloomed here, people thought he was next.

But alas, he is not.

On June 23, 2016, Derrick Rose was traded to the New York Knicks.

People no longer have illusions about the dying Windy City roses, and at this moment, Chicago is "full of mourning" and lifeless.

The Bulls seem to be finally starting to build around Jimmy Butler, and he still needs some help.

On July 30, 2016, veteran Dwyane Wade landed in Chicago and said, "This is Jimmy's team. ”

With 239 points, 62 rebounds, 55 assists and 19 steals in the 201617 season, averaging 37 minutes per game, he has been at the heart of the team, maturing on both ends of the floor, and still running on the court.

On June 23, 2017, the Bulls announced that they had sent Jimmy Butler and this year's 16th draft pick Justin Bottomton from the Timberwolves in exchange for young dunk kings Zach LaVine, Chris Dunn, and this year's No. 7 pick Laurie Markkanen.

On June 23, a year later, Jimmy Butler was also abandoned by Chicago, and the trade rumors that had been boiling for many years were finally closed.

"The city never believed you, Jimmy."

"You'll never be the savior of Chicago!" It's like a gambler who has lost all his money, breaking a jar and breaking it.

"I thought I'd stay here forever, and I wouldn't tell you word for word what they said, but when I left the room, I really thought I'd stay here." "But like I said, it's all business, and what happens happens happens." ”

It is said that behind the shadows, there must be light.

Fortunately, the Minnesota Timberwolves are a young and promising team, and even with Zach LaVine, Ricky Rubio still has Karl Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins. The two champions are talented, like the bewitching roses of the year. and the mentor Thibodeau.

"Prove yourself, Jimmy, you're a guy who never gives up!"

Jimmy Butler spent the entire offseason in the gym, and his body looked even stronger. Some people even ridiculed, isn't this Carl Marlon?