Jimmy Butler III is not playing tonight in the Golden State Warriors’ game against the Charlotte Hornets due to personal reasons, according to the latest update from the team.<\/p>\n
According to CBS Sports, Butler had been listed in the starting lineup on Saturday but did not make it to the bench.<\/p>\n
Moses Moody started in Butler’s place. If Butler remains out, Moses Moody, De\u2019Anthony Melton, and Buddy Hield could see increased playing time.<\/p>\n
This absence appears unrelated to any ongoing injury<\/a> concerns.<\/p>\n Also Read: Why is George Kittle not playing tonight vs Seahawks? Injury update as 49ers TE, wife Claire cheer from the couch<\/a><\/p>\n Fans react to Jimmy Butler’s absence<\/p>\n Jimmy Butler\u2019s late scratch from tonight’s game sent fans into a whirlwind of concern and speculation. Social media quickly filled with questions and theories about the star\u2019s sudden disappearance from the lineup.<\/p>\n One person wrote, “Hope Jimmy butler is alright he was supposed to start and he\u2019s not even on the bench.”<\/p>\n Another asked, “Jimmy Butler is not on the bench and Will is starting for him. What is going on?”<\/p>\n A third person questioned, “Was Jimmy Butler just traded?”<\/p>\n Another fan expressed, “Jimmy butler is a late late LATE scratch from tonight’s game so he’s either getting traded this very second or something awful happened. Hopefully traded vs bad news.”<\/p>\n Another wrote, “Wait, where is Jimmy Butler.”<\/p>\n The Warriors have not provided further details regarding Butler’s absence.<\/p>\n Also Read: Bo Nix injury: Broken ankle ends playoff hopes, Broncos coach issues grim updat<\/a>e<\/a><\/p>\n Jimmy Butler stats<\/p>\n Jimmy Butler, 36, is in his 15th NBA season. He was drafted 30th overall in 2011 and has played for five teams. He joined the Warriors in a major trade with the Miami Heat in February last year.<\/p>\n Despite his age, Butler has been productive this season, averaging 20.1 points in 31.4 minutes per game and shooting 51.9% from the field, according to Pro Football Network.<\/p>\n He leads the Warriors with 1.4 steals per game and adds 5.6 rebounds per game. Butler has also been strong at the free-throw line, making 86.2% of his attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Butler III is not playing tonight in the Golden State Warriors’ game against the Charlotte Hornets due…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,7902,221661,221663,85,221662,221664,221660],"class_list":{"0":"post-421038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-jimmy-butler","12":"tag-jimmy-butler-news","13":"tag-jimmy-butler-not-playing","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-what-happened-to-jimmy-butler","16":"tag-where-is-jimmy-butler","17":"tag-why-is-jimmy-butler-not-playing-tonight"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}