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Jimmy Butler Bypassed For All-Star Replacement By Trae Young, Scottie Barnes

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler to miss second straight NBA All-Star Weekend after Trae Young and Scottie Barnes were announced as injury replacements
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Jimmy Butler Bypassed For All-Star Replacement By Trae Young, Scottie Barnes
Jimmy Butler Bypassed For All-Star Replacement By Trae Young, Scottie Barnes

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is officially ruled out of the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities. 

On Tuesday, the league announced Toronto Raptors guard Scottie Barnes and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young as injury replacements for the game. They took the place of Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) and Julius Randle (New York Knicks). 

There was a chance Butler could have landed one of spots. While Young's numbers of 27.3 points and career highs of 10.9 assists and 1.47 steals a game are far better, Butler was on the same level as Barnes. 

Barnes is averaging career highs of 20.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 5.8 assists, but he plays for a Raptors team that is just 17-33. Butler once again has the Heat in the playoff race despite missing several games to injury. 

Still, he is averaging 21.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists for the Heat, who are 26-24 and hold the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference standings.  

Embiid, the reigning regular season MVP, is out because he is dealing with a left knee injury. Randle has a dislocated shoulder. 

Center Bam Adebayo is the only Heat player participating in the event. He is an All-Star for a third time. 

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Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.

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Shandel Richardson
SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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