Harden and Dame outstrip Jimmy in most accolades and are generally more lauded in the media.
- Points 25k & 20k vs 14k.
- PPG
- Assists 7k and 5k vs 3k.
- All-NBA 7 and 7 vs 5, etc
After a certain point, the value of regular season achievements incrementally diminish. Jimmy has 8/9 all star calibre seasons which is enough longevity for me.
Superstars are viewed on their playoff performances. Legends judged on rings.
Jimmy corralled unlikely rosters to two finals and was an inch away from a 3rd finals, all as the primary/sole superstar. He’s shown this transformative leadership on 4 different teams. He dropped a 40 point triple double on LeBron in the finals, a 56 point monster on the Bucks. Harden and Dame don’t have this kind of playoff resumes.
I love Dame and Harden. And Steph and Luka and all three level crazy ball handlers. Jimmy is more mechanical and that translates well to the playoff squeeze. He’s two-way, mentally resilient and floor-raising in ways Harden and Dame aren’t.
Jimmy has achieved more with lesser rosters and should be ranked higher.
For people talking about " playoffs Jimmy," his ass would’ve been swept with a blowout loss every game every year against the KD warriors.
This is obvious, no?
He isn’t, but that is ok
Talk your shit
Harden has better individual playoff stats than Butler. And regular season of course is not close at all.
Just upvoting this so I can say “people are saying Jimmy is better than dame”
You realize that none of them have rings right
These three dudes have a combined 1 mvp, no rings and 2 finals appearances as a main option. It’s hard to argue that any of them belong on an all time top however many list. But it’s also even harder to argue jimmy over harden lol. Harden has scoring titles and assist titles and is a former MVP. Jimmy doesn’t fold in the playoffs the way Harden has many times before and he’s ofc got much better defense but the argument ends there.
💀💀🤣None of those frauds have ringss🏆🙅🏾♂️. They shouldn’t be ranked on any all-time list
You can
Aight
If butler ever gets a first option ring this will be true. But that’s never gonna happen
Lillard, maybe
Harden, lol
Jimmy Butler is simultaneously under and over rated. He kinda sucks but always manages to win.
Dame? I can get the arguments, it’s close.
Harden? loL