Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Jimmy Butler suspended by Heat: Draymond Green & Baron Davis react #nba #basketball

10 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this reaction segment, Draymond Green reflects on the deteriorating relationship between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat, noting that both parties have grown weary of each other after years of success, including a recent NBA Finals run. Green questions the severity of Butler's seven‑game suspension, asking why it is so long. He speculates on two possible outcomes: Pat Riley could trade Butler to a franchise he would despise, or he could keep Butler sidelined for the remainder of the season without a trade. Green expresses doubt that Butler will ever be welcomed back, emphasizing that once the dispute becomes public, control is lost and the partnership appears to have reached its end.

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I've actually been hearing for the last couple of years that they were kind of tired of Jimmy. Jimmy was kind of tired of them. He had a good thing there where he's going to NBA Finals. You know, he's the man in Miami. And I think all of those things made what he was going through bearable. And I think it's just reached a point now where you like, what do I have left? 3 more years, maybe? Jimmy, competitive as they come, wants to win a championship. The actual 7-game suspension, I think my question about it would be, why 7? Right. Why so long? One of two things are going to happen. I can see Pat Riley sending Jimmy Butler to a team an organization that he'd absolutely hate. That's garbage. I could also see Pat Riley saying, "Hey, go home for the rest of the year. We're not trading you anywhere." But I don't see it just playing out in Jimmy back in good graces with them and Jimmy being who Jimmy is. I don't see that. I think it's too far past gone. When stuff start getting to the media, when stuff start getting public, it's no longer in your control anyway. Think they reached the end of the road.