The Miami Heat acquire a lockdown defender from a Western Conference contender in the following proposed trade.

The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games and say they will seek to trade him. The Heat say the suspension was for “conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season and particularly the last several weeks.

Greg Cote’s Poll Dance is a weekly survey on a topic usually in sports. In today’s 28th installment: What is your opinion of Jimmy Butler in the midst of his Miami Heat drama? Vote now!

The Miami Heat announced on Friday that they have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games for "multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season and particularly the last several weeks.

He will lose $346,543 per game missed for a grand total of $2.35 million, or just 1/145 of his salary. The Jimmy Butler suspension will cost $346,543 for each game missed. Butler has been a superstar during his six seasons in Miami, but that marriage is likely coming to an end, and a suspension probably won’t help him find that joy again.

The Miami Heat have suspended star forward Jimmy Butler for seven games following comments he made on Thursday night suggesting that was no longer interested in being a member of

Jimmy Butler "has shown he no longer wants to be part of this team," the Heat said in a statement announcing Butler's suspension.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 136-100 loss to the Utah Jazz (8-25) on Saturday night at Kaseya Center to close its three-game homestand at 1-2. The Heat (17-16) now embarks on a six-game West Coast trip that begins Monday against the Sacramento Kings:

With the Miami Heat exploring offers for veteran star Jimmy Butler league-wide, there's no telling how many contenders will come forth with a trade package. Th

In my opinion, the Warriors continue to be the team rumored to be in the mix for Butler that makes the most sense. Stephen Curry and Draymond Green are Hall-of-Famers who aren’t getting younger. The question is whether they can get Butler without decimating the younger transitional core they’ve assembled.

Jimmy Butler, past his prime at 35 and a victim of his own selfish pride, is seeing his time with the Miami Heat end badly ... just as it did for him in Chicago, Minnesota and Philadelphia