"There has been some chatter since last night of the Suns pulling away from Jimmy Butler trade talks and focusing on improving their roster by moving Jusuf Nurkic. Hawks' Bogdan Bogdanovic is one name that keeps coming up in conversations," he wrote on Twitter/X.

As the desperation meter gets turned up on the Miami Heat to resolve their situation with Jimmy Butler, one of his former teams could look to put

The Heat are “cautiously optimistic” about the possibility of making a Jimmy Butler trade before the Feb. 6 deadline, according to Barry Jackson and Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald, who report that Miami has been engaging “several” teams besides the Suns.

Miami Heat‘s Jimmy Butler has informed the organization that he wants to move on from them and continue his career elsewhere. The star forward has named the Phoenix Suns as his top destination and even the Golden State Warriors has an edge over other teams.

Through conversations with Kings officials in recent weeks, Houston Rockets officials were aware of the increasing likelihood of a potential De'Aaron Fox trade away from Sacramento, especially as the prospect of the 27-year-old guard signing a long-term extension with the Kings became less and less plausible.

Butler’s indefinite suspension is now official, according to the Heat (Twitter links). “The suspension is due to a continued pattern of disregard of team rules, engaging in conduct detrimental to the team and intentionally withholding services.

In his current standoff with the Heat front office ( read: Pat Riley ), Miami attempted to avoid the “burn everything down” portion by suspending Butler seven games for conduct detrimental to the team ( read: attempting to force a trade ).

Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel hears from a source that the Heat would be satisfied to receive a “potential contributing” player on a one- or two-year contract, expiring salary, and a pair of draft picks in exchange for Butler.

This has been the Miami Heat season swallowed whole by Jimmy Butler and his ego. But beyond that drama the Heat — led by Tyler Herro and Kel’el Ware — quietly has its best core of home-grown talent in

Jimmy Butler is keeping his sense of humor.  The disgruntled Heat star joked about his employment status in a video posted to his Instagram Story.

Jimmy Butler, suspended for a third time this month on Monday and demanding a trade, has ruined his Miami Heat legacy with a stunning display of childish, unprofessional behavior — and by quitting on the team and its fans.