the Miami Heat It has been suspended Jimmy Butler Two games to miss on the team’s trip on Wednesday, according to Report from ESPN.
Butler planned to meet with the Heat in Milwaukee, where they are scheduled to play the Bucks on Wednesday night, but the team asked him to stay home for the duration of their two-game road trip, according to the report.
The Heat will return from their two-game road trip on Monday.
This is the second time Butler has been suspended this season. Butler was suspended for seven games On January 3 due to behavior harmful to the team. He returned from the suspension on January 17 and has scored just 39 points in the three games since then.
Butler has made it clear, both publicly and privately, that he no longer wants to be in Miami, and the Heat are working to move on from the six-time All-Star before the Feb. 6 trade deadline.
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Butler averaged 17 points. 5.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game in 25 games for the Heat this season.
The Heat (21-21) currently occupy ninth place in the Eastern Conference.
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