For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat were set to play a game without him. This is different from the others.

The National Basketball Players Association says the Miami Heat's seven-game suspension of Jimmy Butler is "excessive and inappropriate," and the union intends to challenge it via a grievance. The grievance will raise dueling arguments about the ability of a team to suspend a player who has played at a high level but whose public comments indicate he

Despite speculation around Butler, the Warriors are more likely to target two other names on the trade market in Chicago and Brooklyn.