Just when you thought Jimmy Butler v. Miami Heat had traversed every pathway of the absurd came background issued Thursday, a day after the Heat suspended Butler for two games for missing a team flight.

Jimmy Butler is suspended by the Miami Heat for the second time in three weeks, a move that adds to the possibility he has played his final game for the franchise.

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler did not play in his team's 125-96 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Serving the first of a two-game suspension, Butler is away from the team after this latest punishment.

Bill Simmons came up with a four-team trade that would involve Butler heading to Phoenix. He said on his podcast : "Well, the trade I came up with was Butler to the Suns, Beal to the Bucks, Miami gets Khris Middleton, Steven Adams from Houston and Cam Whitmore from Houston, and Houston gets Brook Lopez, and that actually works."

Bucks reporter Jim Owczarski on the Point Forward Podcast discusses the likelihood of a Jimmy Butler trade to Milwaukee

NBA rumors reveal Jimmy Butler's trade request excludes the Memphis Grizzlies, adding tension to his ongoing saga with the Miami Heat.

The Miami Heat suspended forward Jimmy Butler for two games after he missed the team's Wednesday flight to Milwaukee for the game against the Bucks. Butler use

Jimmy Butler drew the latest suspension for what the Miami Heat called a “continued pattern of disregard of team rules."

The delicate dance continued for the Miami Heat at Thursday morning’s shootaround at Fiserv Forum, the ongoing discussion about Jimmy Butler’s absences amid the team stressing in advance that coach Erik Spoelstra would not be taking questions on the subject.

The potential of Jimmy Butler landing in Milwaukee isn't as dead as once thought, and there is a way to push a trade through

With no Jimmy Butler, the Miami Heat were no match for the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday. The Bucks handled the Heat 125-96 with Butler serving a