Miami Heat has stopped Star Jimmy Butler indefinitely. When he left the team’s morning shooting, he was informed that he was not in the starting lineup, and a person with knowledge of the situation told the USA TODAY sport.
He demanded anonymity because he was not allowed to speak the delicate nature of the situation between the two.
The suspension continues at least five games, “For continuous patterns, ignoring team rules, engaging in harmful actions on the team, and intentionally withholding the service. It includes walking in the middle of today.
HEAT’s next five games will take them through the deadline for the transaction on February 6.
This is the third time that the fever suspended the butler this month. He suspended seven games on January 3, called the team “several instances of harmful acts during the season, especially in the past few weeks.” I want to be a member of this team. “And” Butler and his representative show that they want to be traded, we listen to the offer. “
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Butler returned on January 17 and played in three games, and said last week, “I ignored the team rules and paused two games for the pattern of continuing harm to the team.
Butler returned to the team prior to Miami’s home game with Orlando Magic on Monday. In the team’s morning shooting, butler is planning to hold the same starting lineup as the Butler used in the previous game in which the butler was interrupted, but the Butler came out of the bench. I led it.
The nervous situation between the heat and the butler is escalating this season, but if the Butler and President Heat Pat Lilly are limited, they have grown over the past two seasons.
Butler helped the heat reached the finals in 2020 and 2023. The butler shot 17 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 54 % from the field, 36.1 % for 3 pointers, and 80.1 % for free throw.
The heat was 22-22, ranking 8th at the Eastern Conference. This is the second game after Detroit in 6th place.
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