Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat don’t seem to care about those optics. The Heat suspended Butler for a second time in less than weeks, bringing Butler’s total team-imposed absences this season to nine games.

As the trade deadline looms, the situation surrounding Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat is what everyone’s attention is on. Trade rumors involving the Phoenix Suns are heating up as insiders bring new information every day that adds to the narrative.

If history is an indicator, Jimmy Butler is gone. Perhaps not in the moment, perhaps not this month, but when it comes to suspensions and sanctions issued during the Pat Riley era, a parting is

With the current Jimmy Butler saga devolving further and further into pettiness, there are a lot of concerns about the future of the Miami Heat. One former Heat superstar who also had his issues with Pat Riley in the past,

Stephen A. Smith had a lot to say about Jimmy Butler and how he's handling this current situation after the Heat suspended him again.

In the past, Riley has occasionally gotten into it with his superstars near the end of their Miami tenures. He had contract tensions with Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, which prompted Wade's stunning departure to his hometown Chicago Bulls in free agency during the summer of 2016.

The Miami Heat reached the season’s halfway point at 21-20, good enough for eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Amid all the Jimmy Butler drama and various

Butler was said to be “caught off guard” by the comments according to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald. There have been many events that have led to the fractured relationship between Butler and the Heat with the one mentioned by Haynes being when the team questioned the effort level.

Pat Riley is no stranger to difficult moments with superstar players, but it’s increasingly clear that he may now be facing his most challenging standoff yet.

On his latest podcast, Dwyane Wade gives his true thoughts on the Heat and Jimmy Butler situation.

In the Dan Le Batard Show, Pat Riley touched on how disagreements with players, even superstars, are a natural part of coaching.