Kyle Lowry spent two and a half seasons playing alongside Jimmy Butler on the Miami Heat, and the two players seemingly had a good relationship. But

After soft-launching a trade request from the Miami Heat last month, Jimmy Butler upped the ante Thursday. Following a postgame press conference in which he said that he wanted to get his “joy back from playing basketball,” ESPN’s Shams Charania and Brian Windhorst reported that Butler “indicated” to the Heat that “he wants the team to trade him.”

Disgruntled Heat star Jimmy Butler reiterated to team president Pat Riley in a face-to-face meeting last week that he wants to be traded, league sources told ESPN.