With Jimmy Butler in the midst of his third unpaid Miami Heat team suspension, this one a five-game sanction that runs through the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, the sense around the team is of being closer to impending closure than any other point during the process.

Jimmy Butler's current tiff with the Miami Heat isn't the first time he's had drama with his team. The six-time All-Star also burnt bridges with the Minnesota Timberwolves before getting traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in 2018.

Miami backup big Kevin Love has become something of a star on Instagram by keeping onlookers updated through his knack for timely and versatile posts that often double as context for every step of the Butler drama in South Florida.

You understand that his business at the end of the day, and I’ll leave it at that,” Bam Adebayo said. “J.B. [Butler] is one of my guys. So, for me, we give him space and we let him and management

The Miami Heat have suspended disgruntled forward Jimmy Butler again -- this time indefinitely after he walked out of a team shootaround practice Monday.

Jimmy Butler might have thought he escaped the abject mediocrity earlier in the day, with his third team suspension of the season. But instead of those left behind reduced to flailing and failing, the Miami Heat put together one of their best character wins of the season,

Miami Heat conflict, star Bam Adebayo has issued an important warning to the team regarding the upcoming challenges in the 2024-25 NBA season.

Butler, however, will not suit up for this game and potentially ever again for the Heat after being suspended by the club for the third time in a month all for conduct detrimental to the team. His indefinite ban is expected to span past the NBA's trade deadline of Feb. 6.

Jimmy Butler's seven-game suspension is set to end this week. Over the course of his suspension, Butler's trade request has been the talk of the NBA. Recent re

Considering the Jimmy Butler situation is one that has even caught some NBA veterans off guard, Heat captain Bam Adebayo was asked about how the situation is playing out with the team younger

Butler's absence did not cost the Heat as they rallied from 14 points down to beat the Orlando Magic 125-119 in a double-overtime thriller at Kaseya Center