Perhaps little says as much about the convoluted current relationship between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat as this: The team has reached the end game of its seven-game unpaid suspension of the former All-Star forward with the situation nonetheless ongoing.

With Jimmy Butler serving a seven-game suspension for his comments about the Miami Heat, it has led to a plethora of reports surfacing about his relationship with the organization. Some put Butler at fault for demanding too much from the Heat,

Butler is owed $48M for the remainder of this season and then holds a $52 million player option for next year. There have been rumors that Butler could opt out of his deal to enter free agency this coming summer but the likelihood of Butler leaving over $50 million on the table is low.