If the Heat don't move Jimmy Butler by the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, he'd be better off picking up his player option to facilitate a trade this offseason.

Jimmy Butler is reportedly prepared to rejoin the Miami Heat if they don't trade him before his suspension is up.

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.

The defeat to the Lakers also marked the first game back by Heat center Bam Adebayo as he missed the Clippers game because of a lower back contusion. He suffered the injury in the win over the Portland Trail Blazers last Saturday after a bad fall right on the back which made him inactive for the first time this season.

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Along with missing Adebayo, the Heat was also without Butler (team suspension), Josh Richardson (right heel inflammation) and Dru Smith (Achilles surgery) against the Clippers. Richardson was on the trip with the Heat, but he returned to Miami to undergo an MRI on his lingering heel injury.

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A former Los Angeles Laker wants them to trade for Butler. Star forward Carmelo Anthony thinks it would make sense for them to bring him to L.A. Anthony made an argument that Butler would fit in better with a team that is full of veterans like the Lakers.

Carmelo Anthony has made a bold Jimmy Butler to Los Angeles Lakers claim as a Miami Heat exit seems like only a matter of time.

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You put Jimmy alongside them." Butler teaming up with LeBron James and Anthony Davis in Los Angeles would certainly be an intriguing idea. The Lakers are not considered one of the frontrunners in ...