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1o:35pm: The Heat have issued a statement (via Twitter) regarding Butler’s suspension: “We have suspended Jimmy Butler for two games for continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team, including missing today’s team flight to Milwaukee.”4:13pm: The Heat will suspend Jimmy Butler for their upcoming two-game road trip, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).Charania reports that Butler missed a team flight on Wednesday for tomorrow’s game at Milwaukee. He was planning to fly separately and join his teammates tonight, but Heat officials told him to stay home. The suspension will also cover Saturday’s game at Brooklyn.A “timing element” was involved in Butler being late for the flight, according to Ira Winderman of The Sun Sentinel (Twitter link). The Heat canceled a practice and left for Milwaukee earlier than originally scheduled.Butler just returned on Friday from a seven-game suspension imposed before the start of the last road trip. He appeared in three games, all at home, and drew a mixed reaction from Miami fans.The latest suspension comes as the Heat are trying to work out a trade to get Butler off their roster and avoid further escalating an already-tense situation. He has been asking to be traded for several weeks and reportedly “tripled down” on that request during recent meetings with president of basketball operations Pat Riley and team owner Micky Arison.The Suns appear to be the front-runners to acquire Butler, and their prospects may have improved after they picked up three tradable first-round picks in a deal with Utah on Tuesday. However, at least one more team will have to get involved in order for Butler to wind up in Phoenix, so it may take time to work out the details.The first suspension cost Butler roughly $2.35MM in lost salary, although the players union is contesting it. The latest suspension will add more than $671K to that figure.So trade him and end this saga! Either you miss him or you don’t!I say keep suspending him, let him pout. Let him come off the books clean and clear and pick up some picks in the sign and trade. Dude chose to be a team killer and ruin this season. Good for him. He accomplished the goal. Why reward him for his efforts?Riley is playing hardball now…Riley created this problem to begin with.Riley screwed up years ago when he gave an obvious gead case a contract…No, it’s actually that they don’t want him to get hurt !! Seriously.They’re on the verge of shipping him out and if he twists an ankle or whatever he usually does with his calf or groin or hammy, then the Heat are screwed.Facts!And not pay him?
They could DNP-CD him on the road and keep him healthy.Teams can’t DNP – CD players very easily today. If he’s available, they have to play him to show other teams he’s healthy. I could be wrong, but it’s tough to put Jimmy on the load management plan right now.This is the only way to keep Jimmy off the floor and I guess not paying him is an added bonus lol.I understand… but you can dnp-cd anyone at anytime. Same as there’s no minimum amount of minutes you have to play someone.
Being on the “Active Roster” tells teams you’re healthy – you don’t have to actually put them in the game to show that.
No team plays the whole active roster every game.
They definitely could have took him and not played him. That said, that would be too much of a distraction to do that.
They had a good enough excuse to suspend him again… and not have to pay him.
Past time to cut bait.Given that Jimmy has an All Star nod or 2 to his name and is on a max contract…He falls under the “if healthy must play or teams will get fined” star category… Where it could be argued that he isn’t playing like a star and so should be treated like a ageing player on a bad contract instead…Having him active is ratings even if he is playing at half speed… So he’ll have to take the floor…Oh my God, just trade this bumMore and more suspensions are my predictionThanks CaptainTied to the whip post. Tired to the weapon pose. Oh, lord I feel like I’m dying.Given your track record he’s more likely going to be traded before this suspension is up…However I agree with you as no sane team would take Butler…C’mon Jimmy it could be worse, you could be a Laker.Jimmy is a team cancer and every team he’s ever been on isn’t doing very good right now and don’t look like a real championship contender anytime soon. The other 26 teams are realizing that. Miami is the only one of the 4 that has any hope really and that’s cause of a HOF coach who gets value from scrubs.Ok but Jimmy got Miami to a finals.And lost… losing in the finals is the worst thing for a team, no title and the 2nd worst picks in the draft if they’re even held by the team anymore.The draft is by season record the post season has nothing to do with it. They actually picked in the teens the last year they went to the finals from the 8th seed.Getting to the finals and losing is the WORST thing for a team? LMAO WTF ARE YOU SAYINGLosing in the finals is no championship and that’s just being the very best at losing that season. YAY WE WERE NUMBER 1 AT NOT WINNING!!!Brother I beg you to talk to a Charlotte Hornets fan and ask them if they’d rather compete for a play in spot year after year or lose in the Finals. I cannot begin to understand your delusional train of thought here.Some teams are hopeless for all of eternity like the hornets and a play in win is a championship for them. The other 90% shouldn’t think that way. I do feel bad for those type of teams cause they’re run worse than an expansion team would be sometimes. Every sport has at least 3 teams a year that are hopeless forever in every sport. The Cowboys in football have been made fun of for not winning a superbowl for so long even tho they’ve had some great regular seasons. Charlotte is the saddest maybe cause they have no hope in the NBA or NFL.One lucky season in the East isn’t noteworthy…How about twiceWas one shot from another Finals.In the East…As telegraphed. I figured this is what MIA was up to. It’s going to keep happening as long as Butler is on the team, and sneezes in the wrong direction. The owners made the decision not to pay him to sit out. But that doesn’t mean the team wants him on the court either. Suspensions are the only way to satisfy both.he purposely missed a team flight and decided he would “meet up with the team later”.. if this isn’t suspension worthy, wtf is?Uh they changed the flight time. He probably already had a massage scheduled. Stop picking on him.Uh, everybody else made the flight, why make excuses for him? I bet I know…Whether that warrants a suspension depends on the CBA, then team rules, then precedent, course of dealing, motives, context, etc. All of it is beside the point right now, as that determination will likely be the subject of an arbitration later.The point is incidents like this were inevitable as soon as MIA took the unusual step of requiring JB to rejoin the team. That step, clearly, wasn’t done with the idea that he would recommit to the team, but that the team’s financial case would be better if they could use the suspension tool again vs just claiming breach of contract.@Never Remember: “He probably already had a massage scheduled. Stop picking on him.”Then cancel the massage. He has a ridiculous amount of money and can afford a cancelation fee. Clown excuses.@jeremyn your bloodthirst to hate a player proves you dont know ball and its all emotional for you. Grow up.YES DAVEY! YES!Kettle calling the pot black lolGet ya popcorn…Unless the Suns manage to find more teams willing to throw away first rounders because they have too many this is going to take a while…Miami should trade him for those 3 1sts and laugh at Phoenix when they lose in the 1st or 2nd round and Jimmy walks. Miami will take 3 late 1sts and make rotation players out of them instead of waiting 6 years and hoping for a lottery win.But can they get all 3?And are they really worth taking on Beals contract?I think if Riley gets a first and flotsom on short contracts from anywhere else he takes it…Miami isn’t taking on Beal. They have zero interest. Miami also isn’t getting three 1st round picks. Phoenix got those picks yo sweeten the deal for other teams. This is gonna end up being a 4 or 5 team trade. Butler probably ends up in Milwaukee.Where does Beal end up going?I still believe Butler is most likely going to a team Riley thinks his revamped Miami squad can beat…So Washington or Charlotte…Phoenix won’t mind letting him walk if it only cost three late first round picks. They’d be off Beal’s salary for the next two years and could facilitate a sign and trade for Butler’s next team.This sounds more like we’ve got a trade that will likely happen in a few days.Im really not sure what Pat Riley expected. His lack of understanding how his own players operate is fascinating. Did he think Jimmy was going to be full of smiles and joy after suspending him for 7 games? Riley needs to go. Clearly not capable of adjusting his style for the betterment of the Miami Heat. Been holding onto this one because it’s offensive and in poor taste but if he really wanted out of Miami he could just go the Meyers Leonard route. (This is a joke)Why on earth would Riley care about Jimmy’s mood after suspending him for a lack of effort? The horse has already bolted when it comes to Jimmy’s attitude. They’re trying to trade him, Jimmy wants out, and whether or not Jimmy has a smile on his face is irrelevant. In fact, it’s probably best for the team if he keeps pouting and messing up – then the suspensions continue and his teammates don’t have to watch him dog it on the court anymore.When it comes to cancer, it’s best for it to be removed.Did you really just say that Jimmy was suspended 7 games for his “lack of effort”? What planet am I on rn lmaooooooRiley knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s flexing his muscle. Also if you acknowledge your joke is in poor taste why did you still say it? That’s like saying, “this might sound racist, but”. Seems like the person who doesn’t know what they’re doing is you. And I’m not even a Heat fan!Oh god. You are exactly why I had to explicitly say that it was a joke. Is your hair dyed blue by any chance?I’m guessing he didn’t have the team’s approval to fly separately? Trade him for a third round pick and be done with this guy! In the end, if that’s all that’s offered I’m sure they take it. They are holding out for as much as they can to the last minute I’m sure. I’m with you. I think it’ll wind up being essentially nothing.No mas JimmyJust my evaluationIt doesn’t matter what Jimmy Butler does these days, his trade value is still much higher than Beal + 3 FirstsLet’s say Butler is 1 dollar, Beal + 3 Firsts = 50 centsBut the .50c has a $5 cap hitFree Jimmy! The Heat look like a laughingstock here.how… how do you comprehend what you just said reading that he SKIPPED A TEAM FLIGHT AND SAID HE WOULD MEET UP WITH THE TEAM LATER?!Quit yelling dude. It says in the article that they cancelled a practice and changed the time of a team flight. Maybe he had plans he couldn’t change at the last last minute. He’s got an ongoing dispute with his ex GF about child support going on right now as well. Who knows maybe he a mediation appointment?Must be a massive coincidence that the one guy who didn’t make it, is the one guy that doesn’t want to be there.@ cam yeah it was also a massive coincidence that the 4 times he flew separately from the team are also in the time frame of his father being very sick. Riley is a scumbag but you’ll suckle at the teet as long as ESPN says so.@jeremyn He didnt do any of that, he had it approved and now Miami is backstabbing him. You are clueless manToo true, too true my friend!!!If El Don agrees with your take it confirms it’s dumb af.LolLove it C !! Made me smile.Yawn ……. call me when he’s tradedSend him to Siberia!So the team had plans to catch a flight at a certain time then they cancel a practice and leave early. They didn’t think to check if the players had other plans or appointments that would interfere with an earlier flight? Now they’re going to suspend him two more games. Yeah, that makes sense. NBPA will fight this one as well.me thinks players other plans and appts would of been to be at practice at said time. when said time came for practice to begin with players present, staff makes decision to leave early. just a thought.Agreed, doesn’t mean you didn’t have plans after practice before the original flight.yeah, definitely don’t know the itinerary.He’s a professional athlete! He’s being paid extremely well. Who in their right mind would have ANYTHING scheduled on a day when you know you’re traveling after practice? Jimmy is his own worst enemy! I hope he gets traded to the most undesirable team in basketball!!Lmao you have no idea what it takes to be a professional basketball player. Even less about what it takes to be an NBA player. Keep crying.They couldn’t have had other plans if they were supposed to be at practice.
Instead of practicing, they were leaving.
Typically, if you’re practicing first and then leaving, you’re literally practicing, showering, grab-and-go food at the practice facility, then driving (individually) to the airport.
(Mike Brown)
They just canceled practice and moved the flight up.
You dont have previous plans for that time you were supposed to be practicing.I just can’t believe someone will take Beal …..
I’m going to have to SEE IT …….Getting rid of a crappy contract and getting a first round pick plus Beal might get it done? But I can’t imagine anybody with a worse contract lol !!It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out. Maybe there’s a contender that just wants to park Bradley at the three-point line and make threes? Don’t get hurt. Don’t do anything else. Ya know.., With that thought in mind, watch the Lakers go for Beal. They could use outside shooting for LaBron’s last 2 years. Don’t they have a crap contract they want to get rid of?This guy needs to GROW THE HELL UP already!He’s 79, I doubt that will happen anytime soon.No excuse for missing the team flightExcept he already requested this, and now Pat Riley is stabbing him in the back.I was at all of the last 3 games, and didn’t appreciate how he played throughout most of it. Last night, I forgot he was thereThis is the antithesis of everything Jimmy Butler ever was, and it’s sad, and makes me appreciate Tyler Herro for proving me wrong this year, in how he has handled himself, after being challenged exponentially harder than Butler was by Riley.Please don’t make another bad trade, like the rozier trade….I’d rather lose him for nothingLike. Miami now has a good young core with Bam and Tyler along with Jaime and Jovic. They actually could lose Jimmy for nothing and not have it interfere with their future team building.Agreed…..but would still be nice to get SOMETHING for him…Butler is a hypocrite and deserves his time in China next year…HAAHAHAH wait until pissy Pat finds a bone to pick with TylerThere’s just not enough popcornThe 76ers need to get involved here… this season is over. Not exactly sure how, but Morey should be able to help facilitate something around picks. Embiid needs to sit out the rest of the year, P George goes with load management and get him fresh for next year. Maxey – same as George. If we need to get Beal and a bunch of picks from this bigger trade…do it… Admittedly, I don’t understand all the cap stuff and not sure how the money works. But Morey needs to be playing in this trade somehowI agree Philly and I’m sure the vultures are hovering and exposing their claws. There’s probably plenty of teams willing to help out and take advantage of improving their draft or roster situations here.Nets want multiple FRPs for Cam Johnson…Nets get 3 FRP from the Suns, 1 or 2 SRP from Miami, and Bradley Beal.
Miami gets Cam Johnson and Bojan.
Suns get Himmy and a near-min contract to make the money work.That seems like a pretty logical trade for everyone.Excellent. Well thought out and I believe that works player-wise for the teams involved. What’s not to like about this?Not sure if all that big money works, with some guys making 50+ million and others making 20 mil, but still, I like it.So Miami gives up their best player and two 2nd rounders (doubt they even have any) for the privilege to accept Beal and his contract. Makes senseJimmy Butler does not have the value you think he does. Things are different today than they were five years ago. He is not their best player. In fact, he rarely plays lol and lately when he does, he goes half speed. That’s who you’re trading not All-Star Jimmy it’s Max contract please Jimmy.Imagine being the president of the team or the star player of said team and just not actually communicating with one another. Like really, there is no winner here, Butler looks bad and so does the Miami Heat organization. End it and move on, otherwise you just keep embarrassing yourselves.Seriously, just grow up Jimmy.Maybe act like a pro instead of a petulant child. The Heat are willing to trade you if they get fair value, so maybe act like a man and do the right thing until you’re dealt. How he isn’t embarrassed as to the way he is acting is beyond me.All this for a player who will do nothing if traded. Jimmy Butler is cooked and watch Riley get a very nice package of picks from the dumb and greedy Suns.Overrated hack who cannot even stay of the floor more than 2 days in a row.“Jimmy’s gettin’ suspended again. Jimmy isn’t happy. Jimmy’s going to a new team”Please login to leave a reply.Log in Register
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