Jimmy Butler, Brooklyn Nets
While star Jimmy Butler served the second half of his two-game suspension, the Heat snapped a two-game skid with a road win over the Nets.
The Heat, missing Jimmy Butler for the second game of his two-game suspension, committed 22 turnovers (leading to 29 Nets points) but mustered enough offense and defensive stops to dispatch a faceless Nets team that played without injured leading scorer Cam Johnson.
As the Miami Heat face the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday evening, it could be another opportunity for rookie Pelle Larsson to be in the starting lineup as he was there last Thursday amidst another suspension for Jimmy Butler.
A Brooklyn Nets rumor claims they plan to pass on signing Jimmy Butler this summer and hope a certain superstar becomes available instead.
MIAMI – Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is holding a press conference Saturday. The press conference comes a day after cellphone video posted to the @OnlyInDade Instagram account showed him getting into a verbal altercation at the Reserve Padel Club.
Carter's No. 15 will be retired at halftime of Brooklyn's game against the Heat. His jersey was retired by the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 2 against the Atlanta Hawks, another former team of Carter's. His Nets jersey retirement was announced back in September, so fans and the organization have been anticipating this moment for a long time.
We’re now at the 50 minute mark of Heat-Nets halftime. The chairs have been removed and players shooting… Incidentally, the expectation remains that Jimmy Butler will
With or without Butler in the lineup, the turmoil has clearly impacted the Heat, though it’s even worse when he’s not on the floor. In his last three appearances, Miami is averaging 116 ppg on offense; in the last five games when Butler has been out, it has scored just 103.6 ppg.
The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for two games due to a "continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team," the te
Suspended Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler got into a heated confrontation back in Florida while his team was in New York, facing the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night, and getting a win on the road.
Given the difficulties of pulling off a two-team deal for Jimmy Butler to a destination that he would approve of, the Miami Heat may be able to get some