Heat suspend Jimmy Butler again after missing flight for road trip: report

The Miami Heat’s rollercoaster saga with All-Star Jimmy Butler continues, arsenic they are reportedly suspending him 2 games for missing a squad formation for a roadworthy trip, per ESPN. 

The Heat were heading to Milwaukee connected Wednesday for their nationally televised crippled against the Bucks connected Thursday night, but Butler was not connected the flight.

ESPN adds that Butler intended connected making his mode to Milwaukee different way, but the Heat are expected to suspend him for the roadworthy trip, which includes a Saturday crippled against the Brooklyn Nets arsenic well.

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Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat prepares to sprout a escaped propulsion against the Washington Wizards connected February 2, 2024 astatine Capital One Arena successful Washington, DC.  (Kenny Giarla/NBAE via Getty Images)

This is the 2nd in-house suspension for Butler this season, which lone adds to the turmoil that was highlighted by him requesting a commercialized a fewer weeks ago.

Butler besides served a seven-game suspension for "multiple instances of behaviour detrimental to the team," though helium remains a subordinate of the Heat. 

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Butler continues to play, but helium noted implicit the play that the "whole information volition travel out" aft making his commercialized request. 

"Sooner oregon later, the full information volition travel out, but until then, we'll proceed to fto radical talk. And if I'm here, I volition get retired determination to play," Butler told the media aft playing successful the team’s nonaccomplishment to the Denver Nuggets astatine home. 

Bulter besides seemed to beryllium frustrated with the reports that said his narration with Miami players and the beforehand bureau were tense. 

"I expect for radical to talk," Butler said. "Half the crushed is due to the fact that don't cipher ever cognize what I'm truly doing, truthful you conscionable marque up stuff, which is fine. And, honestly, I truly don't wage immoderate attraction to it. But I've got radical telling me, ‘Oh they said this. They said that.' So, I conjecture it's truly each good. I don't person to wide thing up.

"So much powerfulness to you. Keep talking, and we'll spot wherever we extremity up."

Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat reacts against the Washington Wizards astatine Capital One Arena connected February 2, 2024 successful Washington, DC.  (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, the 35-year-old sparked immoderate societal media contention arsenic helium was spotted wearing Phoenix Suns-themed sneakers connected Tuesday night, with galore believing it was done purposefully arsenic his desired commercialized destination. 

It besides came conscionable hours aft the Suns acquired 3 aboriginal first-round picks from the Utah Jazz successful speech for different first-round pick. 

Phoenix could usage different star, arsenic the Kevin Durant-Devin Booker-led roster is lone 21-21 this season. 

Heat president Pat Riley said backmost successful December, "We are not trading Jimmy Butler." However, the team’s stance changed aft that seven-game suspension.

Miami Heat guardant Jimmy Butler (22) walks disconnected the tribunal aft the crippled against the Detroit Pistons astatine Little Caesars Arena.  (Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images)

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The Heat said they would "listen to offers" connected Butler aft announcing his suspension. 

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