On his latest podcast, Dwyane Wade gives his true thoughts on the Heat and Jimmy Butler situation.

Perhaps little says as much about the convoluted current relationship between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat as this: The team has reached the end game of its seven-game unpaid suspension of the former All-Star forward with the situation nonetheless ongoing.

With the current Jimmy Butler saga devolving further and further into pettiness, there are a lot of concerns about the future of the Miami Heat. One former Heat superstar who also had his issues with Pat Riley in the past,

Yes, the franchise—miraculously—has a 20-19 record with two games left before the season's halfway point. However, the team's on-court performance has been overshadowed by the tug-of-war between Heat forward Jimmy Butler and club brass—culminating in a seven-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team on Jan. 3.

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat don’t seem to care about those optics. The Heat suspended Butler for a second time in less than weeks, bringing Butler’s total team-imposed absences this season to nine games.

Jimmy Butler wanting to leave the Miami Heat has brought the franchise into a bad light. The way Pat Riley is trying to get the situation sorted has seen many condemn the NBA legend who once sent franchise legend Dwyane Wade out.

A once prosperous relationship has deteriorated. Jimmy Butler and the Heat will be relieved when the split is official.

Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade offers honest and harsh take on Jimmy Butler trade drama and past issues with Pat Riley, NBA franchise owner.

The Miami Heat have suspended disgruntled forward Jimmy Butler again -- this time indefinitely after he walked out of a team shootaround practice Monday.

Butler, the disgruntled forward who has sought a trade from Miami, left the team's shootaround hours before its double-overtime win.

The indefinite suspension all but closes a complicated chapter of Butler's 13-year career. A former six-time All-Star, Eastern Conference Finals MVP and the leader of two teams who went to the NBA Finals, Butler has taken each of his four franchises to heights they have struggled to replicate without him.

That's what we're used to ” For someone like Dwyane Wade, who is so closely associated with the Miami Heat organization, and shares a close bond with Jimmy Butler, this must be a heartbreaking ...