BREAKING: Miami Heat suspends Jimmy Butler for 7 games for publicly demanding a trade [@bytimreynolds broke 1st]

JXL · Post #1 » by **JXL** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:05 am

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Who will blink first?

Castle Black · Post #2 » by **Castle Black** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:06 am

Woof. Don’t remember there being such an ugly breakup in season. Weird times in South Beach.

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KazuoOda · Post #3 » by **KazuoOda** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:06 am

A **** show

Archerbro · Post #4 » by **Archerbro** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:07 am

wow. im guessing there was some stuff going on behind the scenes as well.

I actually think this is good long term for the league (for teams to fight back), kudos to Riley.

The4thHorseman · Post #5 » by **The4thHorseman** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:07 am

Props to Miami

SkyBill40 · Post #6 » by **SkyBill40** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:07 am

This comes as absolutely NO surprise. And last I checked, water is wet.

NEXT.

EmpireFalls · Post #7 » by **EmpireFalls** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:07 am

What an absolute mess. Heat look like an entire clown show.

Post #8 » by **bisme37** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:08 am

Well deserved. Go Pat the Rat.

BigDan245 · Post #9 » by **BigDan245** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:08 am

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Castle Black · Post #10 » by **Castle Black** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:08 am

Wonder where he ends up. He’s owed $52.5M next year and still has about $32M owed to him this year. Will have to be some player(s) moved to make salary work.

JXL · Post #11 » by **JXL** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:09 am

Castle Black wrote:Woof. Don’t remember there being such an ugly breakup in season. Ugly times in South Beach.

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Only teams that has the money that he's looking for: Detroit and Brooklyn

Only teams that are contenders he wants to go: Houston, Golden State, Phoenix

Only teams that are seriously looking to trade for him: ZERO.

In other words, he has no leverage.

Post #12 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:10 am

Heat Culture.

CptCrunch · Post #13 » by **CptCrunch** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:11 am

Player union likely will interfere. Jimmy is being docked 7/82 or $4.3 million in pay.

One_and_Done · Post #14 » by **One_and_Done** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:12 am

Good. He deserves it, though the irony of the Heat suspending a guy for demanding a trade should not be lost on anyone.

BeatDaCavs420 · Post #15 » by **BeatDaCavs420** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:12 am

So people are actually against Jimmy here?

Riley seems like the snake here. Especially since his comments from last postseason

Archerbro · Post #16 » by **Archerbro** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:13 am

CptCrunch wrote:Player union likely will interfere. Jimmy is being docked 7/82 or $4.3 million in pay.

I think that's the point. They probably did 7, knowing it will be halved or brought down.

Tor_Raps · Post #17 » by **Tor_Raps** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:13 am

Damnnn... I like this as it's a no nonsense type approach to this sort of BS.

CptCrunch · Post #18 » by **CptCrunch** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:15 am

Archerbro wrote:
CptCrunch wrote:Player union likely will interfere. Jimmy is being docked 7/82 or $4.3 million in pay.

I think that's the point. They probably did 7, knowing it will be halved or brought down.

Dubious legality under the CBA. If Jimmy shows up to work/games, it's gonna be hard to dock him pay. This is like your team suspending a player it doesn't want to pay.

Miami should suspend Jimmy from games, but he has to be paid. That is the whole point of the CBA contract strcuture in the NBA. It's basically impossible to circumvent contractual play pay.

Effigy · Post #19 » by **Effigy** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:17 am

lol. Suspending him for ‘multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season’ that weren’t a problem until all of a sudden when he asked for a trade. I’d be appealing that ish.

Funny they didn’t think Dame should be suspended when he asked for a trade. I wonder what the difference is?

CptCrunch · Post #20 » by **CptCrunch** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:17 am

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I do hope Miami front office gets railed for this. "Conduct detrimental to the team" clause is NOT a catch all for suspending players for any reason.

Where do we draw the line? Can Miami suspend Jimmy for 40 games? What determines 1 game vs 7 game vs 40 game suspension?