![]() ![]() Except that Kyle was Shaquille O’Neal, and Butler was Kobe Bryant (a confusing sentence more than 20 years later).Īlong the way, Kyle had zero idea he was happily accepting passes from a future NBA star who'd go on to be known as “Jimmy Buckets.” My sister-in-law, Patty Zwerneman, stitched names on the backs of the pint-sized players’ jerseys. ![]() That would be the sixth-grade Lakers of since-razed Beckendorf Intermediate in Tomball. ![]() (More on that in a bit.) “Every time I posted up, Jimmy would give me the ball. “Jimmy wasn’t a ‘shoot first’ guy in high school,” said Kyle Zwerneman, my nephew and a former Lakers teammate of Butler. The moral of the story with an amazing transformation, however, is good things come to those who pass. No wonder there aren't many fantastical Jimmy Butler tales from his Tomball High and Tomball youth basketball days. Courtesy Kyle Zwerneman Show More Show Less Courtesy Kyle Zwerneman Show More Show Less 4 of4Ĭlearly not happy with second place, seventh-grader Jimmy Butler (24) holds the runner-up trophy for the 2002 Mance Park tournament in Huntsville. Jimmy Butler takes a knee with his sixth-grade "Lakers" teammates. Courtesy Kyle Zwerneman Show More Show Less 3 of4 Kyle Zwerneman was a head taller than most everyone else on Tomball's sixth-grade "Lakers" youth team, including Jimmy Butler, far right. Courtesy Kyle Zwerneman Show More Show Less 2 of4 Kyle Zwerneman (23) and Jimmy Butler (1) were Tomball co-captains as seniors in 2006-07. ![]()
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