Bulls: Jimmy Butler earns NBA All-Defensive second team honors

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Jimmy Butler is approaching restricted free agency and although he appears to be in a prime position, he keeps adding to the positive side of the ledger.

Butler was voted as a member of the All-NBA Defensive second team, along with Chicago native Anthony Davis (New Orleans), Tim Duncan (San Antonio), John Wall (Washington) and Andrew Bogut (Golden State). Butler, who helped hound LeBron James to his third-worst shooting percentage in a playoff series in the Bulls’ six-game conference semifinal loss, earned 44 first-place votes.

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Butler also won the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award two weeks ago, before the Bulls were eliminated. Butler routinely defended opposing teams’ best shooting guard or small forward, posting a defensive rating of 104 points per possession, while grabbing 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals.

Chicago native Tony Allen (Memphis) made the first team, along with Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio), Draymond Green (Golden State) and the L.A. Clippers’ Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan.

Bulls big men Joakim Noah and Pau Gasol received six and three points, respectively.

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