Jimmy Butler has now been suspended indefinitely by the Miami Heat but the star forward's ego continues to be at the heart of the all the drama in South Beach.
Even on his nights off, Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler makes headlines for comments with a potentially deeper meaning. Monday night was no exception.  Butler a
As the Miami Heat take on the Denver Nuggets on Friday night, it will mark the return of star Jimmy Butler coming off of his seven-game suspension. As Butler was reportedly to start in his first game back, head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about the return of the 35-year-old star and made sure to express how he wants to quiet all the drama.
If Pat Riley is going to successfully emerge from the mess he and his team find themselves in, the Miami Heat president will have to take the most difficult advice of his career: His own. For at least the third time in just over a decade,
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra finds himself in an unenviable place amid the Jimmy Butler trade drama. Butler wants out, and the Heat have suspended him twice this month alone. The Heat are in freefall,
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra doesn't think his team should have a hard time playing without Jimmy Butler again."The point that I made to our team is you get used to it," Spoelstra said, according to the Sun Sentinel's Ira Winderman.
After Jimmy Butler made his return for the Heat on Friday, Erik Spoelstra speaks on what more he wants to see.
Miami Heat president Pat Riley called out Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro in his end-of-season press conference last year. One was seemingly offended by that while the other used it as motivation. The 2024-25 season has been the best of Herro's career and he spoke to Anthony Chiang about how he reacted to Riley calling him fragile.
As tensions between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat escalate, a former NBA champion has pointed to Heat president Pat Riley as the source of the conflict, drawing parallels to previous standoffs with icons like LeBron James and Magic Johnson.
There's no doubt Spoelstra means what he says as the Heat re-signed Highsmith this past offseason as he emerged as a top defensive stalwart and this season has shown him guarding the best players in the league. Tucker played with Miami from 2021-2022.
The Miami Heat have reportedly suspended Jimmy Butler indefinitely, marking the latest chapter in what has been a tumultuous relationship between the star forward and the organization.
The indefinite suspension all but closes a complicated chapter of Butler's 13-year career. A former six-time All-Star, Eastern Conference Finals MVP and the leader of two teams who went to the NBA Finals, Butler has taken each of his four franchises to heights they have struggled to replicate without him.