Post#23 » by trex_8063 » Thu May 19, 2022 3:45 am
I don't wanna jinx him, but yeah......Buckets has been off the friggin' hook this playoffs.
He's been slept on a number of times, imo, and has had a great year overall. I recall earlier this season there was some fantasy team draft going on here, and I think it was Colbini who had the 8th or 9th pick, and I mentioned [just as a spectator] I thought Butler was a steal at that spot.
Someone spoke up saying, "hey, is he allowed to make suggestions like that?", and I was like "No, probably not....sorry." But I've been thinking highly of him for awhile.
If he can close the playoffs even kinda close to this level [en route to a title], that's legit prime-MJ level playoff run. I'd still temper that with consideration of his FULL season......but I'd consider that at least a top 35-40 peak all-time. Probably higher.
I think Butler probably just infiltrated my top 100 all-time as of last season. And then such a season as we're describing here would push him up quite a bit. And then if we follow the usual schedule, the next top 100 project would be NEXT year; if he has even a roughly '18-level year next year.......yeah, he'll have climbed fairly far on my ATL. Top 60? Very likely, yes. Top 50? Maybe.
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