Jimmy Butler suspended indefinitely by Miami Heat amid trade saga

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Jimmy Butler suspended indefinitely by Miami Heat amid trade saga originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Jimmy Butler was back from suspension. Again.

And then Butler got suspended by the Miami Heat. Again.

Butler has been suspended for the third time this month by the Heat, this one starting basically just as the second one was ending. The team said Monday that Butler left Monday’s shootaround early, in advance of a game against the Orlando Magic. He is expected to miss at least five games.

Butler was expected to come back from his second suspension on Monday — only to be suspended for a third time, after something apparently went wrong during the shootaround.

He was suspended for Miami’s most recent two games after missing a team flight to Milwaukee last week.

Butler has missed 14 of Miami’s last 19 games entering Monday, including nine of the last 12 because of the suspensions — the first a seven-game ban for conduct that the team deemed detrimental, followed by the two-game suspension.

Butler’s role going forward — starter or non-starter — was in some question even before the latest suspension was announced Monday. Butler hasn’t come off the bench in a game since Jan. 27, 2017, exactly eight years ago Monday in a game ironically, against Miami, when he and then-Chicago teammate Dwyane Wade criticized how the Bulls were playing.

Including playoffs, Butler has started in each of his last 560 appearances.

“It kind of feels normal now at this point,” Heat guard Tyler Herro said Monday morning at shootaround when asked what it’s like to have Butler available again after a suspension — those words coming a few hours before the latest suspension was announced. “Kind of is what it is, but nothing’s guaranteed. We’ve just got to be ready to roll with whatever cards we’re dealt tonight. We’ve just got to be ready to go.”

Butler wants a trade, and Miami is trying to comply. But moving Butler and his $48.8 million salary this season is likely going to be more complicated that it would have been in past seasons, largely because of the league’s aprons — salary levels installed as part…

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Publish date : 2025-01-27 12:45:00

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