The Miami Heat decided to suspend Small Foward Jimmy Butler without salary enjoyment for an indefinite period of no less than five games.
The team revealed that this occurs because the player has regularly breached the rules of the organization and has damaged the team by not wanting to play for them. In addition, the six times All-Star refused to train on Monday.
The curious thing about the suspension of five games is that it ends with the party of February 5, against the Philadelphia 76ers, just one day before the deadline of exchanges of the 2024-25 season of the NBA.
This means that games against Orlando Magic, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Chicago Bulls will also be lost.
Jimmy suspended nine games
Until now, Butler has been suspended nine games in two different periods since he announced that he wanted to leave the franchise. On January 3, he was punished for seven games for harmful conduct to the team during the last weeks.
The 22 of the same month suffered a sanction of two games for the same reason plus indifference to the team’s guidelines and show insubordinate behavior.
Until now, the native of Houston, Texas, has played in 25 games, all as a starter, and records the lowest averages of his career with Miami. Butler averages 17 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per meeting.
Money will lose Jimmy Butler for suspension
Not playing for the Heat means that Butler will lose the salaries of those games. According to Bobby Marks from ESPN, Miami’s eaves receives $ 523,727 per game, since his salary is 48.79 million dollars in this NBA season, so, if the sanction remains and is out of the less for five meetings, will lose 2.6 million dollars.
Since his arrival at the squad in 2019, Butler has undoubtedly been one of the faces of the team and despite the fact that some injuries have limited their game time considerably in recent times, the player has remained productive enough to Call the attention of other sets for improvement in their offensives.
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