The National Basketball Association announced today that Chicago Bulls guard/forward Jimmy Butler was selected to the 2015-16 NBA All-Defensive Second Team. For Butler, the distinction marks the third straight season that he has earned All-Defensive Second Team honors.
On the year, Butler recorded 110 steals in 67 games (1.64 spg, 18th in the NBA). The feat marked Butler’s third straight season with 100 or more steals in a season. As a result, he joined Norm Van Lier (five straight seasons), Wilbur Holland (three straight seasons), Michael Jordan (two such streaks: seven straight seasons and three straight seasons) and Scottie Pippen (nine straight seasons) as the only players in franchise history to register 100 or more steals in three consecutive seasons.