The Chicago Bulls selected Jimmy Butler with which pick in the 2011 NBA draft?

The Chicago Bulls selected Jimmy Butler with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. The Bulls chose the Marquette guard-forward late in the first round on June 23, 2011.

Butler was not an immediate star. During the lockout-shortened 2011–12 season, he played limited minutes, then gradually earned a larger role. By the 2012–13 season, he had become a dependable rotation player and started all 12 of Chicago’s playoff games.

The pick is especially notable because Butler developed into a multiple-time NBA All-Star and one of the league’s premier two-way players. He later won the NBA Most Improved Player Award for the 2014–15 season and became known for elite perimeter defense, physical play and postseason performances.

A common mix-up is confusing “30th pick” with a second-round selection. The NBA draft has 30 first-round picks, so No. 30 is still a first-round selection. Butler was the final pick of that first round.