The Heat and Jimmy Butler have reached a settlement agreement on the fines that accompanied multiple team-imposed suspensions last season, reports Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel (subscription required).
According to Winderman, Butler recouped approximately half of about $6MM in salary that he forfeited during those suspensions while he was a member of the Heat.
A source familiar with the deal told the Sun Sentinel that both parties were satisfied with the agreement, which was reached after the players’ union filed a grievance on Butler’s behalf. As Winderman explains, the Heat were found during the appeals process to be within their right to have suspended the star forward, while Butler was considered to be “reasonable in questioning the degree of the sanctions.”
Butler, who was seeking a trade out of Miami prior to February’s deadline, was repeatedly suspended by the Heat due to conduct detrimental to the team, disregarding team rules, and, eventually, “withholding services.”
The NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement called for Butler to be docked $336,543 per game (1/145th of his $48,798,677 salary) for his initial suspensions for conduct detrimental to the team, which covered nine games, then $532,737 per game (1/91.6th of his salary) on his last indefinite suspension for failure to render services. That last suspension covered five games before the trade sending him to Golden State was finalized.
Settlement agreements aren’t uncommon in situations like this one. For instance, when Ben Simmons forfeited nearly $20MM of his salary in 2021/22 for a failure to render services, he and the Sixers eventually worked out a settlement that saw him recoup a portion of that lost salary.
Butler’s first full season with the Warriors got off to a good start on Tuesday, as he racked up 31 points while making all 16 of his free throws en route to a victory over the Lakers.
We need to start doing this to every player in every game. Play 82 games everyone. Fake injuries don’t count
There are too many games.
The NBA has been scheduling 82 games since 1967. Are you saying that players today are so soft that they can’t handle playing “too many games”?
Yes
Well the pace and intensity of the sport are much different now than in 1967. A player from even 10 years ago might have trouble keeping up in today’s game.
But if you feel the need to call professional athletes “soft” from your mustard stained lazy boy, by all means dont let me disturb you…
Go back a couple years to Wilt in his prime and it’s the same exact pace of the game. Plus this era gets away with no dribbling violations and no defense. Bill Russell could jump over you. Now it’s run down court shoot a 3 repeat, of course this era is considered to have fast pace.
These guys are soft if they cannot play 82 games. I have no insults to say back
Omg, this era of ball is a pansy era compared to even the Jordan era. Today’s players are too soft, not many could hack it in past eras.
It’s simple the players that they have more moves but less skill. And I’m not talking about the 1960s. I’m talking about the ’80s and ’90s in the early 2000s. If you watch tape of Allen Iverson Paul Pierce Kobe Bryant Kevin Garnett, John Stockton magic George girvin any of those players they scored by getting straight to it. Watch Dominique Wilkins in his 46-point game. It’s not a whole bunch of dribble dribble pound. Let me make all these moves aka the bag. That’s why players get hurt. No fundamentals. That’s why overseas in your European players are coming into the NBA and taking over. American basketball is trash. We are just athletic and we’re going to run up the Court and shoot threes like we’re Curry.
They are much more athletic and that makes for more exciting games. But it’s harder on bodies plain to see. Hali wasn’t “tough” for playing injured. He was stupid.
If they were more athletic then they could play 82 games….
Exciting watching no defense drama queens…flop flop flop. Ref I’m crying
1967 was probably more excited than this
Hali did it for a championship. The medical staff should of told him no. He didn’t for a chance at a ring
You both don’t know. Clearance knows though
Maybe not the best thread to post this under but open apologies to GSW fans for Marcus Dummies actions last night
Disgusting , league should suspend him for 5-10 games immediately, should have been a flagrant 2 immediately …if thats not a flagrant 2 what the hell is
I’m completely over this guy in 2 quarters and stand even more in the corner I did weeks ago that Jordan Goodwin would have been twice as good for half the price
I was a little shocked seeing him play like Dillon Brooks with some of his actions. Granted, I don’t watch every game of his but it looked a little like maybe he’s losing a bit of his athleticism and being a bit more “handsy.”
Could just be one game though and maybe he’s playing his way into gameshape.
The reason why he played like that is because he basically is a bench player now and so he’s making up for the lack of defense that he used to have and he really doesn’t have an offensive game. I’m always surprised when people think that players at are bought out are going to have this huge impact. There’s a reason why teams buy them out
Yup, always a dirty player but now he needs to rely on it
Still too much dip on his chip going 1 v1 on offence too which leads to low % trips
He will make a great play once every 3 games and ESPN will highlight that all week while slobbering all over him. He’s a net negative tho and Jordan Goodwin has looked excellent for Phx as expected