Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler has been hit with a new suspension after missing a team flight to Milwaukee, the club said Wednesday.
Butler, who only recently returned after serving a seven-game suspension for indicating he wished to leave Miami, has been given a two-game ban, a statement said.
"We have suspended Jimmy Butler for two games for continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team, including missing today's team flight to Milwaukee," the Heat said.
Butler, in his 15th career NBA campaign, sparked the Heat into the 2020 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 2023 finals, where Miami was beaten by Denver.
But his spell in Miami seems certain for an acrimonious divorce amid reports of a feud with team president Pat Riley.
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