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Jimmy Butler has officially made his return to the Miami Heat, stepping back into the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Denver Nuggets at the Kaseya Center. This marks

In big-time sports, all sorts of sins can be overlooked in the name of talent. Assault and battery? Domestic abuse? Weapons charges? If you can run fast enough or jump high enough, those are issues a forgiving franchise can massage into minor infractions. What about the crime of being a serial pain in the ass? It depends.

Jimmy Butler returned from his suspension Friday night in Michael Jordan-like fashion. No, not on the court, where the Miami Heat star had an unremarkable 18 points in a blowout loss to the Denver ...

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler took a page out of NBA legend Michael Jordan's book to announce his return to the lineup versus the Denver Nuggets on Friday.

MIAMI — 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.

Butler missed Miami’s last seven games while serving a suspension for conduct that the team deemed detrimental.

Jimmy Butler returned from his suspension Friday night in Michael Jordan-like fashion. No, not on the court, where the Miami Heat star had an unremarkable 18 points in a blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets.

It wasn’t easy for Herro to get over the feelings of resentment and rejection that come with returning to a team that seemed on the verge of trading you. It took some soul-searching and a few candid conversations with Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and the front office to get everyone back on the same page.

Miami Heat stalemate is reaching a stage where it is becoming difficult to stay out of the spotlight. He wants to leave via trade as Pat Riley has made it clear that he won’t give him another high paying contract.

As a Hall of Fame player, Shaquille O’Neal followed the get-me-out-of-town strategy himself. Now he condones quitting on a team to do so.