Jimmy Butler suspended for the 3rd time this month by the Miami Heat as trade deadline looms
Sports
And then Butler got suspended by the Miami Heat. Again.
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler was back from suspension. Again.
And then Butler got suspended by the Miami Heat. Again.
Butler has been suspended for the third time this month by the Heat, this one starting basically just as the second one was ending. The team said Butler left Monday’s morning shootaround practice early, in advance of a game against the Orlando Magic — something the team called “intentionally withholding services.”
The suspension is without pay and indefinite for now, with the team saying it will last at least five games.
Butler was expected to come back from his second suspension on Monday — only to be suspended for a third time. Butler, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, was told during the shootaround that he was not going to be back in the starting lineup for that night’s game against Orlando. He left the shootaround not long afterward, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team did not release that detail publicly.
