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Kyle Koster

Jimmy Butler's New Jersey Number With Warriors Is Tribute to a Soccer Great

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) shoots the basketball against the Portland Trail Blazers during the first quarter at Kaseya Center. | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

Jimmy Butler's soap opera will create new episodes in the Bay Area after he successfully found a way out of Miami and secured a spot alongside Stephen Curry with the Golden State Warriors. The dynamic postseason performer was introduced by his new team on Thursday in an event that featured the traditional "hold up your new jersey and smile" photo-op.

Butler, who wore No. 22 with the Heat, revealed that he opted for a new number. After wearing Nos. 21 and 23 in previous stops with Minnesota, Chicago and Philadelphia, is going low with No. 10. And he has a very specific reason for doing so.

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