Jimmy Butler is back with the Miami Heat after his suspension, but nothing has really changed. Butler wants the Heat to trade him and the Heat will continue to try to fulfill that request ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 6 trade deadline.

Butler’s seven-game suspension by the Heat for conduct they deemed to be detrimental to the team is now over and he returned to the Heat lineup for the first time in two weeks, scoring 18 points in Miami’s 133-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

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.

Though Butler is returning to the court as his team-issued seven-game suspension ends, his dispute with the Heat remains far from resolved.

As the Jimmy Butler situation continues to evolve, Miami Heat icon Dwyane Wade offered his thoughts on the seemingly broken relationship between the organization that he once represented as an NBA superstar and his friend and former Chicago Bulls teammate.

Jimmy Butler is reportedly prepared to rejoin the Miami Heat if they don't trade him before his suspension is up.

When word leaked that Butler was hoping to get traded away from the Heat — with the Dallas Mavericks, his hometown Houston Rockets, the Golden State Warriors, and the Phoenix Su

Jimmy Butler finished the win with just eight points, three rebounds, seven assists and two blocks while shooting 3/7 from the field and 0/1 from the three-point range in 28 minutes. Many people commented on his performance (via social media).

The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler still don’t seem to be on the same page, even with him returning from his seven-game suspension. The Heat are still trying to find a trade for Butler before the trade deadline,