The Heat trying to out-petty Jimmy Butler isn't going to work

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Good morning, Winners! Happy Tuesday. Thanks for rocking with TMW today.

The Jimmy Butler saga in Miami just keeps getting worse.

The dude just got back from a prior team suspension, and now, apparently, he's suspended indefinitely for walking out of a team shootaround.

Is he taking it seriously? Absolutely not. He's posting memes about how he doesn't have a job anymore, like Tommy from Martin.

Guys. Who could've seen this coming?

OH, WAIT. We did.

Heat fans, I hate to say I told you so, but I definitely told you so.

The Miami Heat needed to trade Jimmy Butler weeks ago when this whole suspension saga started, but at the very least, it needed to happen last week when the team decided to suspend him for two games.

JIMMY BUTLER IS A CHAOS AGENT: Things have steadily gone downhill since he returned to the Heat from suspension.

Butler walked out of shootaround because, according to Kevin Love's extremely hilarious and messy Instagram post, the Heat planned on starting Haywood Highsmith over him in their next game.

On one hand, I get it. Butler hasn't been part of the team over this last month. He's actively tried to force his way out. So it makes sense to reward someone who actually wants to be there with a starting spot over a guy who doesn't.

On the other hand, Butler is better than Highsmith on his worst day. That's not a knock on Highsmith — it's just the truth! We all know it. So, yeah, I can see Butler crashing out a bit when he gets that news.

Here's the thing: The Heat are trying to out-petty Jimmy Butler right now.

Butler is doing things to get under the team's skin, and Miami is doing the same in return. They've demoted him, suspended him, and taken chunks of his salary away. That wouldn't go over well with anyone, but certainly not the guy who has burned every bridge he's walked across in his career.

And that's the thing, man. Somebody needs to tell the Heat that they won't out-petty Jimmy Butler. He won't let you do it. He's going to get the last laugh. He always does. Just ask the Timberwolves how that goes. That man embarrassed his team in practice and then sat down with Rachel Nichols to let us all know that he did it.

He always finds a way to embarrass you in the end. That's what he does. He's chaos through and through. So, sure, the Heat may have him cornered now with the demotion and the suspension. But this isn't over. Not by a long shot.

I am begging Miami to please trade this man before things get worse.

MLB, please be cooler next season

We absolutely need to see minute-long home-run trots like the one Junior Caminero did in LIDOM, a professional Dominican Republic winter league.

Look at him strut, y'all.

Mary Clarke has more on the situation here. This is definitely a strut-worthy moment.

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That's a wrap, folks. Thanks so much for reading. Have a fantastic Tuesday. Peace.

-Sykes ✌️

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