For a long time, Butler was also linked with teams like the Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets and plenty of others. But those links are starting to fade away as the 35-year-old inches closer to the Miami exit door.

The Miami Heat were at Chase Center on Tuesday night. Jimmy Butler wasn’t. The temperamental superstar’s feud with his organization reached a boiling point in recent days, with Butler’s demands to be traded resulting in a suspension handed down by the team that just so happened to coincide with its six-game swing up and down the West Coast.

Ever since the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler began having problems, the Golden State Warriors have been mentioned as one of the teams that are willing to give the six-time All-Star the contract that he desires.

When word broke last Thursday that Jimmy Butler had informed the Heat he wants to be traded, a report from ESPN indicated that the star forward was open to playing anywhere besides Miami. It now appears that is not the case.

After two NBA Finals appearances, how the situation between Miami Heat and six-time All-Star Jimmy Butler got to this point and why a trade might not be as easy as it seems.

That doesn't necessarily mean that there will be a flury of trades between now and the NBA trade deadline on Feb. 6, but that won't stop the rumor mill from churning until then. Here are the latest NBA trade rumors: Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler wants to be traded before the Feb.

INDIANAPOLIS — A day after Charles Barkley said the Phoenix Suns “stink,” ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith called them “soft” based on what the “NBA people” are saying as he put it.