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Erik Spoelstra on Jimmy Butler Not Being an All-Star Starter: 'It's a Joke'

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is not happy that swingman Jimmy Butler is not starting in the 2020 All-Star Game, calling his star's omission from the initial lineup "a joke."

"I just think it's ridiculous that we're still in these antiquated positions," Spoelstra said before Friday night's game against Clippers. "So who's to say what position Jimmy is? Does it matter? I put him No. 2 on my [lineup] card. So I go Kendrick Nunn, Jimmy Butler, Duncan Robinson, I go Bam [Adebayo] and then Meyers [Leonard]. But you could flip any one of those guys around.