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Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Uses All-Star Break To Catch Some Tennis In Argentina

Butler attended the semifinals of the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires
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Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Uses All-Star Break To Catch Some Tennis In Argentina
Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Uses All-Star Break To Catch Some Tennis In Argentina

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler had no problem being bypassed for the NBA All-Star game. 

He used the opportunity to catch some tennis at the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires. He watched Carlos Alcaraz defeat Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the semifinals and the two of them linked on the basketball court after the match. 

“I have seen him play several times," Alcaraz told the ATP Tour. "I have a lot of respect for him, after all he is a legend of his sport, a star and to have him come to see me is a privilege. I thanked him and invited him to the final.”

After the vacation, Butler can now refocus on helping the Heat make another run at the playoffs. At 37-27, the Heat are No. 7 in the Eastern Conference standings. The begin the second half of the season Friday against the Milwaukee Bucks. 

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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

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