Jimmy Butler and his former team, the Miami Heat, reportedly reached a settlement on the $6 million in fines and withheld salary he piled up while awaiting a trade last season.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. explained why he was nervous to hear the news that Jimmy Butler was traded to the Golden State Warriors while he was in the middle of a game with the Miami Heat.

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The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler’s representation have come to an agreement on the roughly $6 million in fines/withheld salary assessed last season, with a compromise at half that amount.

The Heat and Jimmy Butler have reached a settlement agreement on the fines that accompanied multiple team-imposed suspensions last season.

Jimmy Butler had a very public falling out with the Miami Heat, although he has later insisted that his unhappiness had nothing to do with basketball.

Honeymoons are never forever, not in life nor in basketball, and the latter is especially true when it comes to Jimmy Butler. Butler is still in that stage wit

Butler is the rare player whose journey has taken him from being a benchwarmer during his rookie season to becoming a team's primary option — a role that he flourished in with the Heat, where he averaged 21.0 points on 49.8 percent shooting, 6.0 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game.