Butler, who has been selected for the NBA All-Star Game six times in his career, ranks sixth among East frontcourt players with 257,901 votes behind Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (1,710,630), Boston’s Jayson Tatum (1,385,851), New York’s Karl-Anthony Towns (1,099,966), Orlando’s Paolo Banchero (484,096) and Boston’s Jaylen Brown (433,636).

As the Miami Heat beat the New Orleans Pelicans, 119-108, with the return of Jimmy Butler after a five-game absence, it was the performance of Tyler Herro that once again impressed. The Heat’s All-Sta