NBA legend Scottie Pippen isn't impressed with Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler or modern NBA superstars in the player empowerment era.

Jimmy Butler walked out of the Miami Heat locker room on Friday night wearing a Michael Jordan jersey. It wasn't a No. 23 jersey. It was a No. 45 — the one Jordan briefly wore when he returned to the Chicago Bulls after coming out of retirement in March 1995.

Jimmy Butler is back with the Miami Heat. He played 33 minutes in the team's loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday and another 28 minutes against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.

Jimmy Butler is back with the Miami Heat after his suspension, but nothing has really changed. Butler wants the Heat to trade him and the Heat will continue to try to fulfill that request ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 6 trade deadline.

Butler's seven-game suspension by the Heat for conduct they deemed to be detrimental to the team is now over and he returned to the Heat lineup for the first time in two weeks, scoring 18 points in Miami's 133-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

People complain that the NBA isn't really about the basketball. Fans care more, critics assert, about highlight plays, transactional drama and 3-point celebrations than about who actually wins the games on the floor.

There was no pretense of Butler being a vibrant part of the Heat for Friday’s game. He shot by himself in warmups. There was none of the choreographed palm-slapping with teammates that’s a typical part of any pregame. Kevin Love did run out to him just before the center-tap and shake hands. It looked like the first time they’d seen each other.

Former NBA big man Nikola Mirotić doesn’t like what he’s hearing about embattled Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler. Mirotić, who spent three seasons with Butler on t

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler will return to the lineup on Friday against the Denver Nuggets after serving his seven-game suspension.

The Miami Heat reached the season’s halfway point at 21-20, good enough for eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Amid all the Jimmy Butler drama and various injuries, the Heat are what a significant amount of fans figured they’d be.

With under three weeks to the deadline, we looked at all 30 teams to see who should be buying or selling for the second half.