Jimmy Butler Suspended Again: Miami Heat Drama Explained

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00:00Headlines stolen again yesterday for the Miami Heat.

00:04We found out that late afternoon,

00:06Jimmy Butler was not on a flight or did miss the flight.

00:09I mean, depending on how it's being phrased,

00:11it seems like the agent's talking, of course,

00:13and so is the team.

00:14So we really don't know here in the end.

00:16But the Heat found a way to suspend Jimmy Butler again.

00:19So this time it's two games for Jimmy Butler

00:22as they creep toward this trade deadline.

00:24Nothing is getting resolved anytime soon with this.

00:28And so I would ask you, Gilbert,

00:30is it just a matter of his contract, his age?

00:33I mean, usually things like this get fixed pretty quickly,

00:36but this one is not fixed

00:37and now it's just super uncomfortable.

00:40Yeah, Craig, the saga continues.

00:42You thought after that seven-game suspension

00:44that we would be past that,

00:45or at least a resolution would have been found,

00:48and we haven't found that resolution yet.

00:50And it's at an interesting spot.

00:51I do think that the contract has a large part with that

00:55because the Heat are kind of strapped,

00:56having to match the money for Jimmy Butler.

00:58I believe he's making $48 million this year

01:00and has a player option for $52 million next year.

01:03That's pretty difficult to match that salary.

01:06And obviously his preferred destination is Phoenix

01:09and Bradley Bill is the chip that would make that work,

01:12but he has a no trade clause.

01:13So, so many different factors that play the opportunity

01:16or the idea of getting another team involved

01:18adds more complication to the situation.

01:20And it doesn't seem like a resolution is anywhere in sight,

01:23but the more suspensions come in,

01:25the more it's clear that the saga is over

01:26or his time there is over.