Heat Forward Jimmy Butler suspended again this time 2 matches for missing team flight

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The Heat suspended Jimmy Butler in 7 games earlier this month, which cost him more than $ 2 million in pay.

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Jimmy Butler was suspended by Miami Heat for the second time in three weeks, a step that increases the possibility that he has already played his last match for the franchise.

Butler pulled the latest suspension – this one will last two matches – for what the team in a statement on Wednesday night called a “Continued pattern of breach of holding rules, ferocious behavior and behavior to the detriment of the team”, including missing heats flights to Milwaukee earlier on the day. The Heat is scheduled to play against Bucks on Thursday and in Brooklyn on Saturday.

The earliest thing he could play for heat again is Monday, at home against Orlando.

And it will depend on the fact that he is still on the list, which seems far from guaranteed.

Butler told Heat in recent weeks that he wants a trade, a claim he has not made public because the league rules do not allow players to do so. Any player who makes such a claim risks a fine of up to $ 150,000.

The earliest thing he could play for heat again is Monday, at home against Orlando.

And it will depend on the fact that he is still on the list, which seems far from guaranteed.

Butler told Heat in recent weeks that he wants a trade, a claim he has not made public because the league rules do not allow players to do so. Any player who makes such a claim risks a fine of up to $ 150,000.

But the heat revealed that request when he was suspended At the beginning of January for what they called behavior to the detriment of the team, and said at the time they would work to meet his trade request.

NBA’s trade deadline is February 6th.

Butler was banished in seven matches earlier this month, which cost him about $ 2.4 million in salary. Butler returned last week and has played in each of the last three Miami matches with an average of 13.0 points in 29.3 minutes.

The Heat left Milwaukee around 14.15 on Wednesday. That departure time is earlier than Miami leaves for most of his trips, and it is unclear whether it was a factor for Butler.

The dates of the scheduled matches on this Heat-Roadtrip coincide with a paddle tournament in Miami, one that shows Butler as Honor President and Captain. Butler’s coffee company, Big faceis also involved in the event. But it was not known if Butler was planning to be present for that event in Miami and whether it had anything to do with missing out on the plane to Milwaukee.