Jimmy Butler is an American basketball star. A forward for Miami Heat, he begins this 2024-2025 season his 15th year in NBA. Known for his competitive nature on the court, Butler cultivates another passion that increasingly links him to the world of sport: paddle.

An immersion among the pros in padel

Although he is best known for his exploits in NBA, Jimmy Butler no longer hides his attachment to padel. Already in 2022, he had caused a sensation by becoming the honorary president from the stage of World Padel Tour in Miami. With his usual humor, he had even declared that the tournament lacked a high-level player… namely himself!

The WPT in Miami with Jimmy Butler

The Reserve Cup: a prize money of 1 half a million dollars

Butler also left his mark on event planning. At the Reserve Padel Cup, an exhibition tournament, he had distributed a half a million dollars of prize money. A sum that of course attracted the best padel players in the world. This event proved that Butler is not just a spectator, but actively contributes to the development and visibility of this sport.

Reserve Padel – A competition with the best players and a record prize money!
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Padel Sense in Madrid: still active

More recently, the basketball player was again seen with racket in hand, this time at Padel SenseNear Madrid. Armed with his racket Babolat, he did not fail to cause a sensation among padel fans.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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