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Jimmy Butler suspended for the 3rd time this month by the Miami Heat as trade deadline looms
MIAMI (AP) — 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 team said Butler...
Nets retire Hall of Famer Vince Carter's No. 15 jersey
NEW YORK (AP) — When Vince Carter’s preferred Nos. 6, 12 or 23 were not available as a freshman basketball player at Florida’s Mainland High School, he took some advice from his mother, Michelle. “My mom told me: 'Find a number and make it famous,’” Carter said. ...
And now, they hope: Herro among those waiting to see if 1st All-Star nod is coming
Tyler Herro spent All-Star weekend last year vacationing. He would very much like to have other plans this season. And the Miami Heat guard isn't afraid to say that out loud, either. Now that 10 of the 24 NBA All-Star slots have been filled for this season, and none of...
Heat suspend Jimmy Butler again, this time 2 games for missing flight and 'insubordinate conduct'
Jimmy Butler was suspended by the Miami Heat for the second time in three weeks, a move that adds to the possibility he has already played his final game for the franchise. Butler drew the latest suspension — this one will last two games — for what the team in a statement...
Jimmy Butler returns from suspension, plays Friday for Miami against Denver
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler walked out of the Miami Heat locker room on Friday night wearing a Michael Jordan jersey. It wasn't a No. 23 jersey. It was a No. 45 — the one Jordan briefly wore when he returned to the Chicago Bulls after coming out of retirement in March 1995. ...
Butler not on Heat injury report, suggesting he's expected to play Friday
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler is expected to play for Miami again Friday when it hosts the Denver Nuggets, a game that would be his first since the Heat confirmed that he wants a trade and that they are trying to accommodate that request. Butler was suspended by the Heat for their most...
Lakers, Clippers return to their home courts after days of fire devastation across Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Knox and Kai Redick are two basketball-obsessed kids who had amassed a big collection of NBA jerseys, trading cards and autographs thanks to their dad's careers as a shooting guard, a podcaster and the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. The Redick boys then lost...
DeRozan shines as Kings hold off Heat 123-118 in double overtime
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored nine of Sacramento’s 11 points in the second overtime, and the Kings beat the Miami Heat 123-118 on Monday night to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games under interim coach Doug Christie. DeRozan finished with 30...
Jimmy Butler wants to leave the Heat. Pat Riley has been in this spot many times before
MIAMI (AP) — Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months. The Miami Heat president has not revealed any retirement timetable. He still wears impeccable suits, shakes hands with as firm of a grip as anyone, knows all eyes are on him when he walks into just about any room. He's not...
Heat begin a new chapter: Life without Jimmy Butler, who is suspended and seeking a trade
MIAMI (AP) — For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat played a game without him. This was different from the others. And it went very — very — badly for Miami. Butler is gone, banished by the Heat for seven games over what they...
