Jimmy Butler’s sixth season with the Miami Heat has been turbulent.
The team recently suspended the six-time All-Star for the second time in three weeks, sparking speculation that he may have played his last game for the franchise.
Butler was suspended due to a “continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct, and behavior detrimental to the team,” including missing the team’s flight to Milwaukee. The Heat had games scheduled against the Bucks and the Brooklyn Nets.
During TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith discussed the situation surrounding Butler.
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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) walks off the court after the game against the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena. (Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images)
O’Neal suggested it’s understandable for Butler to seek a new team given his contract situation.
“I just think in this situation, it’s more about human nature,” O’Neal noted. “I know exactly how Jimmy feels, I’ve been in this situation many times. All that I’ve done for you, and you don’t want to give me what I want, so human nature kicks in. . . . The part I hate about this business of basketball thing, it always has to be somebody’s fault.”
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