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Jimmy Butler's rise to NBA superstardom is among the most unlikely in the league
- Jimmy Butler has cemented himself as a legitimate NBA superstar during the Miami Heat's NBA Finals run.
- Butler had an unusual path to becoming a star.
- Butler was kicked out of his mother's house at 13, growing up in Tomball, Texas, and couch-surfed before landing full-time at a friend's house.
- Butler did not receive any Division I college offers, played at a junior college for a year, then landed at Marquette, where he wanted to quit the team because the coaching staff challenged him.
- Butler was the last pick in the first round of the 2011 draft, did not break out until his fourth year in the league, then hopped between teams before landing with the Heat.
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Jimmy Butler put together one of the all-time great performances in NBA Finals history on Sunday.
With the Miami Heat down 0-2 to the Los Angeles Lakers, Butler scored 40 points on 14-of-20 shoo
