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NBA forces Jimmy Butler to change jersey just before Heat-Nuggets tipoff

Throughout his career, including his rise to stardom with the Bulls, Jimmy Butler always has been comfortable making the grand, uncomfortable statement.

So it shouldn't surprise anyone to hear Butler reply "I don't care" when asked if he received a league explanation for making him switch jerseys just before the Heat's Saturday tipoff against the Nuggets, both teams' first game in the NBA's 22-team restart.

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Butler took the court for a game won by the Heat 125-105 wearing his No. 22 with no name on the back, a stance he revealed two weeks ago he wanted to take for his statement on racial inequity.