This is not just a Jimmy Butler issue; this is a systemic issue that the NBA must address before it spirals further out of control.

With Jimmy Butler in the midst of his third unpaid Miami Heat team suspension, this one a five-game sanction that runs through the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, the sense around the team is of being closer to impending closure than any other point during the process.

The Heat listed estranged star forward Jimmy Butler as active for their Monday game against the Magic following his two-game suspension.

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Monday night game against the Orlando Magic.

Tyler Herro scored 30 points and had a season-high 12 assists, leading the host Miami Heat to a 125-119 double-overtime win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.

Butler's absence did not cost the Heat as they rallied from 14 points down to beat the Orlando Magic 125-119 in a double-overtime thriller at Kaseya Center

The Miami Heat are favored to trade for Sacramento Kings' All-Star guard De'Aaron Fox amid Jimmy Butler drama.

The Golden State Warriors are back in the running for Jimmy Butler's services now that the Miami Heat have lowered their asking price, according to Yahoo Sports' Kevin O'Connor.

Jimmy Butler was back from suspension. Again. And then Butler got suspended by the Miami Heat. Again. Butler has been suspended for the third time this month by the Heat, this one starting basically just as the second one was ending.

The Heat handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their fourth loss of the season when the teams met in Miami last month.

Orlando blew a 14-point lead early in the fourth quarter before turnovers and lack of shotmaking cost them down the stretch at Miami.