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Metric Formula Places Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler As NBA's Most Productive Player The Last 15 Games

Only Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid ranks ahead of Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler in algorithm
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Metric Formula Places Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler As NBA's Most Productive Player The Last 15 Games
Metric Formula Places Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler As NBA's Most Productive Player The Last 15 Games

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is arguably the hottest player in the NBA. 

If you don't believe it, the website HoopsHype.com has data to back it up. The site recently released Form Metric Rating system that tracks the current most productive player. The formula tracks the last 15 games. 

Butler checked in at No. 2 with a rating of 31.37. The only player ahead of him was Philadelphia 76ers center and MVP candidate Joel Embiid (36.36). The top five was rounded out by Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), and Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls). 

Butler is deserving of the ranking. He's arguably been the league's best player since the All-Star Break. He is averaging 26.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists. 

The Heat return to action tonight in a pivotal game against the Brooklyn Nets. The Heat are a half game ahead of the Nets for the No. 6 spot in the Eastern Conference standings. 

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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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