How Jimmy Butler-Heat relationship devolved to where a trade was the only solution
An inside look at Jimmy Butler’s last days in Miami before the team and player finally pushed each other away for good.
Where the Heat-Jimmy Butler situation stands: From butting heads to loggerheads
Either one side bends or a broken relationship will continue as Thursday’s NBA trading deadline approaches for Jimmy Butler ...
Inside the messy Jimmy Butler saga -- and how it all came down to Kevin Durant
One team was desperate to end an embarrassing saga. Another was desperate to appease its stars. Another was desperate to ...
Micky Arison doesn't want Jimmy Butler away from team while earning his salary if not traded
If there is no Butler trade by Thursday’s deadline, then it will reopen the debate of whether Butler could be worked back ...
Inside the simmering feud between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat
The clash pits perhaps the NBA's most disgruntled superstar against a franchise that won't bend to his will. And everyone in ...
Inside Jimmy Butler’s Final Weeks With Heat
Like Butler, whose father died last February, Riley lost his father when he was relatively young. Sources tell The Athletic ...
Trade or no trade from the Heat, what are Jimmy Butler’s options under his current contract?
Butler, who has made it clear that he wants the Heat to trade him, is suspended by the Heat at least through Thursday’s trade deadline. But the Heat labeled this latest suspension as “indefinite” due ...
Jimmy Butler would 'welcome' discussion with any team if Heat got close to a trade but Heat still not close
Jimmy Butler’s camp has repeatedly told Heat he’s in shape, healthy and ready to continue his career and move past this ...
Behind-the-scenes insight on the Butler saga, Heat’s Durant inquiry, Wiggins trade, more
Fifteen behind-the-scenes nuggets on the Jimmy Butler saga that played out inside Heat headquarters during the past six weeks and Thursday’s five-team trade that ultimately shipped Butler to the ...
ASK IRA: Would Jimmy Butler back in a Heat uniform be nothing short of a nuclear option?
Q: Ira, the Heat have asked us to be patient and we have. I have enjoyed their recent games, a bunch of hard-working players playing together. But if you bring Jimmy Butler back, what happens to that ...