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
Butler's All-Star teammate Bam Adebayo appeared to downplay Butler's comments as a result of frustration from the team's loss. “Think it’s a bad night all around," Adebayo said of Butler's comments. "Lose the game, obviously he’s frustrated, he feels like he’s standing in the corner, so he’s got a lot of things going on in his corner."
He scored just nine points in his return game against the New Orleans Pelicans but did not play in the fourth quarter. Butler played 27 minutes during Thursday's matchup against Indiana, scoring nine points on just six shots. He also finished a team-worst minus-27. Butler made his stance on a trade very transparent after the loss.
Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Thursday night game against the Indiana Pacers.
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.
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