Jimmy Butler has returned. On Friday night, Butler will be coming back from a seven-game suspension that occurred shortly after he indicated that he wanted

Jimmy Butler returned to the Miami Heat as planned on Friday, going through the team’s walkthrough in advance of their game against the Denver Nuggets.

When the Miami Heat, his team for the past six seasons, slapped 14-year veteran forward Jimmy Butler with an unpaid, seven-game suspension on January 3, the team was somewhat cryptic about the reasons.

One of the biggest stories around the NBA of late has been what the Miami Heat will do with star Jimmy Butler. Butler has requested a trade out of Miami and has been suspended for the past few games. Now, more details have emerged about why the Heat decided to suspend Butler. It goes past just his request to be traded.

Tensions are high, but Butler can bolster his own market by playing well for Miami when his suspension ends after Wednesday's game in LA.

MIAMI (AP) — Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months. The Miami Heat president has not revealed any retirement timetable. He still wears impeccable suits, shakes hands with as firm of a grip as anyone, knows all eyes are on him when he walks into just about any room.

With the Miami Heat’s seven-game unpaid suspension of forward Jimmy Butler scheduled to be completed with Wednesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.Com Arena, it is what follows the next day that could determine what comes next in the ongoing saga.

Heat owner Micky Arison is expected to meet with Butler ahead of Butler’s scheduled return Friday night against the Denver Nuggets at Kaseya Center. According to multiple NBA sources familiar with the process,

The Miami Heat have found a rhythm as of late despite the ongoing turmoil surrounding franchise star Jimmy Butler, currently serving a seven-game suspension for his alleged unprofessional behavior in recent weeks.