The Heat have suspended Butler for seven games after he took his trade demand to the next level on Thursday night. Butler was hesitant to shoot and seemed generally disengaged in
On Thursday night, the Indiana Pacers dominated the Miami Heat, winning 128-115. Tyrese Haliburton scored 33 points to go with 15 assists, and the Pacers held Jimmy Butler to nine points. The six-time All-Star did not play in the fourth quarter.
Butler has made it clear that he does not have any interest in being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, a league source confirmed to the Miami Herald on Tuesday. Chris Haynes was the first to report the news.
The Grizzlies were told by Jimmy Butler and his agent to not trade for him, according to a report from NBA insider Chris Haynes.
The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games and say they will seek to trade him. The Heat say the suspension was for “conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season and particularly the last several weeks.
Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler requested a trade from the organization. Butler's relationship with the Heat was trending in a negative di
Jimmy Butler is fed up with his situation yet again. The former Minnesota Timberwolves guard and current Miami Heat star, publicly spoke out about his loss of “joy” and his desire to be traded (per ESPN’s Shams Charania and Brian Windhorst) after Thursday night’s loss to the Indiana Pacers.
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler says he needs to find joy again on the basketball court. And when asked if he can find that joy in Miami, he had a two-word answer. “Probably not,” he said.
Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Thursday night game against the Indiana Pacers.
Butler was bothered after the discussion because Butler and his agent perceived that Heat officials were implying that Butler didn’t play his hardest in the Heat’s home win over the Pelicans on Wednesday. Butler scored nine points on five shots in that contest.
For a second consecutive night, the edge from Jimmy Butler was missing. For the first time in a while, the Miami Heat defense also was missing.