This is not just a Jimmy Butler issue; this is a systemic issue that the NBA must address before it spirals further out of control.
Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Monday night game against the Orlando Magic.
The drama in South Beach continues as All-Star forward Jimmy Butler has been suspended by the Miami Heat for the third time this month, the team announced Monday.
Tyler Herro scored 30 points and had a season-high 12 assists, leading the host Miami Heat to a 125-119 double-overtime win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.
The Miami Heat are reportedly expected to play without star Jimmy Butler for a few more games. Butler, who was set to return from a two-game suspension, was re
The Miami Heat are suspending star Jimmy Butler indefinitely. After multiple incidents, it remains to be seen if Butler will return to the team. NBA insider Shams Charania reported the news on social media.
While Fox would work as a fit for a Heat roster lacking a significant contribution at point guard since the declining play and then trade a year ago of Kyle Lowry, that math at the moment appears beyond the Heat’s means, unless Butler is part of such an equation.
The Heat are suspending Jimmy Butler indefinitely after the star walked out of shootaround when informed he would be coming off the bench moving forward.
Butler was informed at morning shootaround that he would come off the bench behind Haywood Highsmith against Orlando, which prompted Butler to walk out of the shootaround. That gave Miami the pretext, and it suspended Butler “indefinitely,” a story broken by Shams Charania of The Athletic and since confirmed by the team.
Tyler Herro scored 30 points, Bam Adebayo finished with 26 and the Miami Heat erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter before beating the Orlando Magic 125-119 in double overtime on Monday night.
On the day that Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler was suspended indefinitely, the team beat the Orlando Magic in the ultimate rollercoaster in double overtime, 125-119. While the goal for the Heat was to downplay the situation away from the team,