Heat star Jimmy Butler and Pat Riley's dispute has resulted in difficulties for the entire team. Head coach Erik Spoelstra is

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra doesn't think his team should have a hard time playing without Jimmy Butler again."The point that I made to our team is you get used to it," Spoelstra said, according to the Sun Sentinel's Ira Winderman.

Spoelstra was peeved that referees took the ball from Jaquez, when he was already at the free throw line, after Utah challenged a foul call with the Heat up 90-88 and 1:22 left in the fourth quarter on Thursday. The call was overturned, resulting in a jump ball that the Heat won, leading to a Jaquez three-pointer.

As the Miami Heat take on the Denver Nuggets on Friday night, it will mark the return of star Jimmy Butler coming off of his seven-game suspension. As Butler was reportedly to start in his first game back, head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about the return of the 35-year-old star and made sure to express how he wants to quiet all the drama.

I recently read a poignant piece about my idol Pat Riley, the enduring NBA fixture who turns 80 in a couple of months. Written by the inimitable Tim Reynolds of

If Pat Riley is going to successfully emerge from the mess he and his team find themselves in, the Miami Heat president will have to take the most difficult advice of his career: His own. For at least the third time in just over a decade,

Jimmy Butler wants out of Miami but refuses to consider Memphis. His trade saga intensifies as Phoenix emerges as his top choice.

The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler drama continued Tuesday night. The Heat announced Butler is suspended two games again for conduct detrimental to the team. This time, it was for missing the team flight to Milwaukee.

After missing Wednesday’s team flight for the Miami Heat’s two-game trip to Milwaukee and Brooklyn, forward Jimmy Butler has been suspended again by the team, for those two games, an NBA source familiar with the action confirmed to the Sun Sentinel.

Just before the start of Tuesday night’s matchup between the Miami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers at Kaseya Center, news surfaced that indicated the Phoenix Suns are stocking up for a potential Butler trade.

Joe Cronin’s Trail Blazers embarrassed the Heat at Kaseya Center. A late spurt in the fourth quarter made sure the box score wasn’t as ugly as it could’ve been, but for most stretches, the hosts looked like the team that came in 14 games below .

There's no doubt Spoelstra means what he says as the Heat re-signed Highsmith this past offseason as he emerged as a top defensive stalwart and this season has shown him guarding the best players in the league. Tucker played with Miami from 2021-2022.