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Jimmy Butler: From Tomball all the way to the NBA

April 20, 2018 - 7:19 AM

The Timberwolves' Jimmy Butler's high-school business teacher Lisa Streat discusses how a "little guy from Tomball" Texas made it to star in the NBA

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