After walking out of practice, All-Star Jimmy Butler is suspended by the Miami Heat for third time this month
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The drama in South Beach continues as All-Star forward Jimmy Butler has been suspended by the Miami Heat for the third time this month, the team announced Monday.
The drama in South Beach continues as All-Star forward Jimmy Butler has been suspended by the Miami Heat for the third time this month, the team announced Monday. Butler will miss at least five games without pay for “a continued pattern of disregard of team rules, engaging in conduct detrimental to the team,” including walking out of Monday’s shootaround. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Butler left practice after being told he would no longer be in the starting lineup going forward and that forward Haywood Highsmith would start in his place. Before Monday’s home game against the Orlando Magic, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra said he didn’t address the latest suspension with the team. “We didn’t even talk about anything today other than preparing for the Magic,” Spoelstra told reporters. “I get it what you guys all want right now. I figured that is why this media room is full right now. “We’re trying to quiet the noise and we’re just focusing on the task at hand.”