The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games and say they will seek to trade him. The Heat say the suspension was for “conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season and particularly the last several weeks.

Jimmy Butler returned for his first game since Dec. 20 and had a quiet performance for his standards. Playing against the shorthanded New Orleans Pelicans helped, but getting back into the season's flow may take him a few games.

The Jimmy Butler situation has gotten very messy. In the wake of Jimmy Butler’s eye-opening press conference following the Miami Heat’s home loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night, the Heat is suspending Butler for seven games.