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Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Reacts To 95 Rating On NBA 2K24

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is among highest-rated players on NBA 2k24
Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Reacts To 95 Rating On NBA 2K24
Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Reacts To 95 Rating On NBA 2K24

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is apparently thrilled about his latest accomplishment. 

Butler was given a player rating of 95 for NBA 2K24, one of the world's most popular video games. He had quite the reaction.

The video can be seen here on Butler's Instagram page

"95 on 2K guys," Butler is heard saying on the video. 

Butler's rating ranks him No. 9 for active players. The No. 1 spot went to Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, who was rated 98. Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo (96), Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (96), Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (96) and Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant rounded out the top five. 

Here's the following five: Stephen Curry (96,  Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (95), Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics), Butler and Kawi Leonard (94). 

Butler is coming off a season where he led the Heat to a second appearances in the NBA Finals since 2020. They lost to the Nuggets in five games, becoming just the second No. 8 seed to make Finals.

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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