The Miami Heat weighed whether to change the designation for the suspension they issued to disgruntled star Jimmy Butler, according to NBA insider

The Miami Heat are unlikely to hold Jimmy Butler hostage this season. By trading their irritated superstar to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Heat could receive a misunderstood 34-year-old wing in return.

Butler was said to be “caught off guard” by the comments according to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald. There have been many events that have led to the fractured relationship between Butler and the Heat with the one mentioned by Haynes being when the team questioned the effort level.

If the Heat don't move Jimmy Butler by the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, he'd be better off picking up his player option to facilitate a trade this offseason.

Butler could return from his seven-game suspension on Friday. Will his stalemate with Heat end or further fester tension?

Had the NBA offseason played out differently, Jimmy Butler would have been at Barclays Center on Saturday night.

Jimmy Butler is due $52 million next season, but it sounds like he’ll surely opt-out for a longer contract with more guaranteed money, if not a lower yearly salary. Over the summer, Philadelphia

Kyle Lowry spent two and a half seasons playing alongside Jimmy Butler on the Miami Heat, and the two players seemingly had a good relationship. But

Jimmy Butler's seven-game suspension for detrimental conduct has one game remaining, and Butler still hopes his time in Miami will soon come to an end.