The Heat have suspended Butler for seven games after he took his trade demand to the next level on Thursday night. Butler was hesitant to shoot and seemed generally disengaged in

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Thursday night game against the Indiana Pacers.

Butler's All-Star teammate Bam Adebayo appeared to downplay Butler's comments as a result of frustration from the team's loss. “Think it’s a bad night all around," Adebayo said of Butler's comments. "Lose the game, obviously he’s frustrated, he feels like he’s standing in the corner, so he’s got a lot of things going on in his corner."

HoopsHype ranks the five NBA players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week, led again by Jimmy Butler.

Following his team's loss to the Pacers on Thursday, Jimmy Butler was candid about his feelings toward the team he's been a member of since the 2019-20 season.

As the Golden State Warriors attempt to remain competitive in the final years of Steph Curry’s superstardom, several potential trade targets have come and gone.

For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat were set to play a game without him. This is different from the others.

Visitors will now note that Butler is wearing a headband that reads “I Quit,” and is holding a coffee cup that says “Trade Me” overflowing with money. There’s also a tacky sticker on his No. 22 jersey that screams “Clearance Trade.”

The Indiana Pacers were expected to sit well above .500 coming off a season where they reached the Eastern Conference Finals. Instead, the Pacers are the No. 8 seed in the East with a record of 18-18.

Star forward Jimmy Butler recently requested a trade from the Miami Heat. In the wake of his trade demand, the Heat suspended Butler for seven games for "conduct detrimental to the team." The city of Miami is also expressing its displeasure with Butler's behavior.

He scored just nine points in his return game against the New Orleans Pelicans but did not play in the fourth quarter. Butler played 27 minutes during Thursday's matchup against Indiana, scoring nine points on just six shots. He also finished a team-worst minus-27. Butler made his stance on a trade very transparent after the loss.