Perhaps little says as much about the convoluted current relationship between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat as this: The team has reached the end game of its seven-game unpaid suspension of the former All-Star forward with the situation nonetheless ongoing.

With Jimmy Butler serving a seven-game suspension for his comments about the Miami Heat, it has led to a plethora of reports surfacing about his relationship with the organization. Some put Butler at fault for demanding too much from the Heat,

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.