After missing Wednesday’s team flight for the Miami Heat’s two-game trip to Milwaukee and Brooklyn, forward Jimmy Butler has been suspended again by the team, for those two games, an NBA source familiar with the action confirmed to the Sun Sentinel.
Jimmy Butler will miss the next two Miami Heat games without pay as the team suspended him for the second time this season for missing a team flight.
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The Miami Heat have suspended star forward Jimmy Butler for the second time as the NBA Trade Deadline gets closer.
Miami Heat wing Jimmy Butler returned from a seven-game suspension last Friday, and has played in the last three games as he awaits a potential trade away from the team. Now, the 35-year-old is staring down his second suspension of the month after missing a team flight, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.
The Miami Heat are suspending Jimmy Butler two games after he missed a team flight for a road trip, ESPN's Shams Charania reports.
The Jimmy Butler soap opera took a new turn on Wednesday as the Miami Heat suspended their star forward for the second time this month. According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Heat have suspended Butler for two games after he missed the team’s flight to Milwaukee on Wednesday ahead of a matchup with the Bucks.
Now, Butler is back away from the team again one day after the Phoenix Suns acquired three protected first-round picks from the Utah Jazz in exchange for their 2031 first-round pick. Several reports have suggested that these picks could help Phoenix better facilitate a trade for Butler.
The sources said Butler missed a team flight to Milwaukee on Wednesday and now Miami is keeping him home for its two-game road trip.
Butler didn't travel on Miami's flight to Milwaukee on Wednesday ahead of the team's game against the Bucks on Thursday
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