The NBA trade deadline draws closer by the day, and as always, the transaction cycle remains headlined by the same small group of players. On Monday, the Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler indefinitely after he walked out of a shootaround upon receiving the news that he would be benched.

The Miami Heat are in the middle of the latest Jimmy Butler relocation saga, as he has lit the team on fire with drama. He was just suspended from the team for the third time this season after walking out on a team shootaround once he was informed that Haywood Highsmith would be starting over him.

The Miami Heat have suspended disgruntled forward Jimmy Butler again -- this time indefinitely after he walked out of a team shootaround practice Monday.

Miami backup big Kevin Love has become something of a star on Instagram by keeping onlookers updated through his knack for timely and versatile posts that often double as context for every step of the Butler drama in South Florida.

Butler, the disgruntled forward who has sought a trade from Miami, left the team's shootaround hours before its double-overtime win.

Jimmy Butler has been suspended by the Miami Heat yet again as the situation in South Beach continues to deteriorate.

With Jimmy Butler in the midst of his third unpaid Miami Heat team suspension, the sense around the team is of being closer to impending closure than any other point during the process.

Butler has been the face of Miami’s team since arriving in the summer of 2019 via a trade from Philadelphia, helping the Heat make two NBA Finals appearances. He has previously made waves on his way out of Chicago and Minnesota in trades and is averaging 17 points in 25 games so far this season, his lowest average in more than a decade.

With Jimmy Butler in the midst of his third unpaid Miami Heat team suspension, this one a five-game sanction that runs through the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, the sense around the team is of being closer to impending closure than any other point during the process.

No matter how badly the Phoenix Suns may want Jimmy Butler, there just doesn't seem to be a viable way for them to get him. Nobody wants the Bradley Beal contract. Even if someone did, Beal himself doesn't seem eager to drop his no-trade clause to help the Suns dump him.

Butler's absence did not cost the Heat as they rallied from 14 points down to beat the Orlando Magic 125-119 in a double-overtime thriller at Kaseya Center