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.

Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler has been suspended by his own team for seven games following a heated, contentious last several months, while the 6-foot-7 small forward has very visibly pined to be traded away from the team.

The tipping point apparently came in the wake of Wednesday’s victory over the New Orleans Pelicans when it came to Jimmy Butler’s souring relationship with the Miami Heat turning toxic. In the wake of an uneven effort that night by Butler,