Yahoo Sports Jimmy Butler to meet with Heat owner Micky Arison as suspension comes to an end
Heat owner Micky Arison is expected to meet with Butler ahead of Butler’s scheduled return Friday night against the Denver Nuggets at Kaseya Center. According to multiple NBA sources familiar with the process, Arison is not in favor of allowing Butler to remain away from the team while continuing to collect on a contract that pays $48.8 million this season.
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Jimmy Butler reportedly reiterates trade request in face-to-face meeting with Pat Riley
None of this changes the situation: Miami hasn't traded Butler because the offers for him are lowball or involve taking on a big, long contract (Bradley Beal).
nbcsports.com/nba/news/jimmy… - 2:19 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Yes, there was a meeting between Jimmy Butler and Pat Riley in recent days. Yes, Jimmy Butler would still rather play elsewhere. Yes, finding a trade that it likes has been challenging for the Heat. - 1:09 PM
The three things I would urge people to remember about a Jimmy Butler trade:
- The Heat won't make a deal they don't like
- Just because it works in the trade machine doesn't mean it works in real life
- Losing him as a free agent for nothing may end up as the best deal - 12:35 PM
ESPN reporting: Suspended Heat star Jimmy Butler tells Pat Riley in face-to-face meeting that he wants to be traded and will not sign a new deal in Miami.
espn.com/nba/story/_/id… - 12:24 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
No Bam Adebayo, no Jimmy Butler, not enough offense for Heat in loss to Clippers. Takeaways and details from the defeat in Los Angeles miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Heat's winning streak snapped at three, falls to 3-2 on West Coast trip - 10:29 AM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
NEW: No Bam Adebayo, no Jimmy Butler, not enough offense for Heat in loss to Clippers. Takeaways and details miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Heat's winning streak snapped at three, falls to 3-2 on West Coast trip - 12:52 AM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Without Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler, Heat opens 7 of 10 from the field and 4 of 6 on threes to take early 18-12 lead over Clippers. - 10:49 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Bam Adebayo (lower back contusion) is out tonight vs. Clippers. It marks the first game that he has missed this season.
Heat also without Josh Richardson, Jimmy Butler and Dru Smith tonight. - 9:02 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
From earlier: Among things keeping Heat’s Jimmy Butler busy during his suspension? His new BIGFACE coffee shop in the Design District miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… - 6:51 PM
ICYMI over the weekend:
NBA sources weigh in on the Jimmy Butler mess. ... It ain't pretty.
Plus, we discuss the first time the Celtics tried to trade for Butler -- what the Bulls requested and what a disaster it would have been if the C's agreed.
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Ultimately, though, it will be up to Spoelstra to decide on how Butler would be reintegrated into the mix. Among Butler’s concerns during his final media session prior to the suspension was how he was being utilized by Spoelstra, stressing it had taken away his “joy” of the game. -via South Florida Sun-Sentinel / January 14, 2025
Less clear is the approach coach Erik Spoelstra would take with a reinstated Butler, whose suspension has been without pay. Among the reasons cited by the Heat in their filing to the NBA that also has been obtained by the National Basketball Players Association has been a lack of effort by Butler in certain games, including the two on Jan. 1-2 against the New Orleans Pelicans and Indiana Pacers that directly preceded the suspension. -via South Florida Sun-Sentinel / January 14, 2025
Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler reiterated to team president Pat Riley in a face-to-face meeting last week that he wants to be traded, league sources told ESPN. Butler told Riley that he will not sign a new deal in Miami and intends to only use his $52 million player option in the offseason for 2025-26 as a trade maneuver, sources said. -via ESPN / January 14, 2025
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