"From then on, we were just kind of best friends. "There’s a lot of discrepancy about who won, but I’m going to say I won," Leslie said with a laugh. "He’ll probably say the other thing, but I definitely won. Butler bounced around until the summer before his senior year of high school, when he forged a friendship with Leslie during a shooting contest at basketball camp. The story has been well-documented how Butler was kicked out the house by his mother at age 13 and, without a father, found himself a homeless teen growing up in Houston.
Somebody’s going to see it and somebody’s going to give him a good chance." But the hard work and the dedication, he’s got that. Nobody thought I’d be where I am right now. "Atlanta will see, man, if they give my guy a shot, he could turn out the way I turned out," Butler said of Leslie. Maybe Leslie is a longshot to make the roster, but he was one of 27 Falcons who joined quarterback Matt Ryan for workouts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, recently. Jordan Leslie isn’t a household name just yet, but the former BYU and UTEP wide receiver who went undrafted is trying to earn recognition after spending time on the Falcons’ practice squad last season. It has everything to do with pulling for the guy Butler calls his little brother the guy who will start offseason workouts with the Atlanta Falcons come Monday. No, it has nothing to do with rooting against LeBron James and the bitter rival Cavs. Jimmy Butler can only watch when the NBA playoffs begin this weekend, but the Chicago Bulls two-time All-Star still will have something to cheer about despite missing the postseason. NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler rooting for 'little brother' on Atlanta Falcons
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