Led by GM Daryl Morey, the Rockets aggressively pursued All-Star guard Jimmy Butler in each of the previous two years.
Nonetheless, with Butler excelling on the game’s biggest stage, it’s hard for the Rockets to watch and not wonder what might have been.
In addition to Butler’s gifts as a playmaker, defender, and leader.
There’s also a more niche skillset that perhaps contributes to why the 31-year-old was such a desired commodity for Morey: His ability to draw fouls.
He has 9.0 fouls drawn per 100 possessions during the playoffs, nearly identical to the rate that superstar James Harden (9.1 per 100) was fouled in the postseason, Bryan Kalbrosky of HoopsHype
Jimmy Butler drawing playoff fouls at the rate of James Harden
Led by GM Daryl Morey, the Rockets aggressively pursued All-Star guard Jimmy Butler in each of the previous two years.
Nonetheless, with Butler excelling on the game’s biggest stage, it’s hard for the Rockets to watch and not wonder what might have been.
In addition to Butler’s gifts as a playmaker, defender, and leader.
There’s also a more niche skillset that perhaps contributes to why the 31-year-old was such a desired commodity for Morey: His ability to draw fouls.
He has 9.0 fouls drawn per 100 possessions during the playoffs, nearly identical to the rate that superstar James Harden (9.1 per 100) was fouled in the postseason, Bryan Kalbrosky of HoopsHype