Butler was informed at shootaround that he would come off the bench behind Haywood Highsmith in this game, which prompted Butler to walk out of shootaround. From there, the Heat suspended Butler “indefinitely,” a story broken by Shams Charania of The Athletic and since confirmed by the team.

Unfortunately for the Miami Heat, Butler remained set on playing in another city this season and he was indefinitely suspended recently after walking out of practice. It is a situation that has gotten ugly fast. While most blame the player, Heat legend Tim Hardaway believes a lot of it falls on team president Pat Riley.

If Pat Riley is going to successfully emerge from the mess he and his team find themselves in, the Miami Heat president will have to take the most difficult advice of his career: His own. For at least the third time in just over a decade,

The New York Knicks may have doused the Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler era from within. Many current NBA headlines center on the deteriorating relationship between B

Butler and Riley once shared dreams of winning a title together in South Florida. How did things get this bad?

Many fans and pundits feel the Jimmy Butler saga is directly related to his relationship with team president Pat Riley. One former NBA player, however, feels Butler's real beef is with coach Erik Spoelstra.

The Jimmy Butler saga in Miami continues to get progressively worse with every passing day. After multiple suspensions, countless locker room dramas and standoffs between Butler and the front office,

Yeah, so I think Pat hasn’t updated his software. I think he still believes it’s the 1980s or 1990s, where money controls the players. Back then, you needed that million dollars,

Jimmy Butler, suspended for a third time this month on Monday and demanding a trade, has ruined his Miami Heat legacy with a stunning display of childish, unprofessional behavior — and by quitting on the team and its fans.

As a member of the Bulls, Butler declared he was betting on himself, declining a four-year extension in the $40 million range to test restricted free agency. That risky move paid off. He won the Most Improved Player award and signed a maximum deal for $90 million.

Butler, the disgruntled forward who has sought a trade from Miami, left the team's shootaround hours before its double-overtime win.