The Indiana Pacers were expected to sit well above .500 coming off a season where they reached the Eastern Conference Finals. Instead, the Pacers are the No. 8 seed in the East with a record of 18-18.

Butler's All-Star teammate Bam Adebayo appeared to downplay Butler's comments as a result of frustration from the team's loss. “Think it’s a bad night all around," Adebayo said of Butler's comments. "Lose the game, obviously he’s frustrated, he feels like he’s standing in the corner, so he’s got a lot of things going on in his corner."

On Thursday night, the Indiana Pacers dominated the Miami Heat, winning 128-115. Tyrese Haliburton scored 33 points to go with 15 assists, and the Pacers held Jimmy Butler to nine points. The six-time All-Star did not play in the fourth quarter.

Star forward Jimmy Butler recently requested a trade from the Miami Heat. In the wake of his trade demand, the Heat suspended Butler for seven games for "conduct detrimental to the team." The city of Miami is also expressing its displeasure with Butler's behavior.

He scored just nine points in his return game against the New Orleans Pelicans but did not play in the fourth quarter. Butler played 27 minutes during Thursday's matchup against Indiana, scoring nine points on just six shots. He also finished a team-worst minus-27. Butler made his stance on a trade very transparent after the loss.

Jimmy Butler’s time in South Florida might very well be coming to an end. The Heat star has indicated to the team that he would like to be traded and is open to playing anywhere in the NBA except for Miami,

Following his team's loss to the Pacers on Thursday, Jimmy Butler was candid about his feelings toward the team he's been a member of since the 2019-20 season.

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Thursday night game against the Indiana Pacers.

The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games and say they will seek to trade him. The Heat say the suspension was for “conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season and particularly the last several weeks.

HoopsHype ranks the five NBA players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week, led again by Jimmy Butler.

For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat were set to play a game without him. This is different from the others.

Visitors will now note that Butler is wearing a headband that reads “I Quit,” and is holding a coffee cup that says “Trade Me” overflowing with money. There’s also a tacky sticker on his No. 22 jersey that screams “Clearance Trade.”