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.

The tipping point apparently came in the wake of Wednesday’s victory over the New Orleans Pelicans when it came to Jimmy Butler’s souring relationship with the Miami Heat turning toxic. In the wake of an uneven effort that night by Butler,

Love and Butler became teammates in February 2023 when the 36-year-old forward was bought out by the Cleveland Cavaliers and chose to sign with the Heat. In their first season playing together, Love and Butler steered Miami to a surprising NBA Finals appearance, where they lost in five games to center Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets.