The trade deadline is the last chance for contenders to strengthen their rosters ahead of the playoffs and another chance for rebuilding teams to add draft assets and prospects to

The latest NBA star on the trade market seems to be the Heat's Jimmy Butler. Kris Pursiainen grades a trade that would land him in Houston.

HoopsHype ranks the five players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week, including Heat star Jimmy Butler.

Jimmy Butler trade rumors have been swirling for a couple of weeks, but that doesn't necessarily mean the Miami Heat will move him before the deadline. In fact, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks, the buzz at the G League Showcase is that,

The Heat have a certain feeling about a potential Jimmy Butler for Bradley Beal swap, and they're not the biggest fans.

NBA trade rumors involving Zach LaVine, Jimmy Butler and D'Angelo Russell are swirling weeks before the trade deadline.

Jimmy Butler will not play in the final two games of Miami's ongoing road trip while recovering from illness, the team said Friday.

First some bookkeeping, then a tasty morsel ... even as Pat Riley would prefer days ahead being a bit less spicy than these past few. When it comes to the he said/he said in the Jimmy Butler debate, one significant element somehow has gotten lost in the timing element going forward for the Miami Heat: It does not matter if Jimmy Butler is still on the Heat books with his $52.

TNT analyst Steve Smith was drafted by the Miami Heat. He also returned later in his career when Pat Riley was in the organization. So he knows the franchise. Which is why Smith said he felt Riley was bluffing when he said he wasn't trading star Jimmy Butler this season.