Heat suspend Butler, will listen to trade offers

The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games due to conduct detrimental to the team, following Butler’s public statement expressing a lack of joy playing for Miami. Butler has requested a trade after feeling he no longer wants to be part of the team, with the Heat now open to listening to offers. The suspension will cost Butler $2.35 million, and the NBA Players Association plans to dispute it as excessive, but the process may not stop the penalty.

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