LeBron James laughs as Kevin Love playfully trolls Jimmy Butler's comeback following the Heat's second suspension.

A Miami Heat insider reveals how LeBron James' 2014 exit from the team is impacting Pat Riley's Jimmy Butler decision

NBA trade deadline is 15 days away, so we're right in the thick of when all the rumors around the league will start to pick up. Jimmy Butler is the most talked about trade piece right now, with the Phoenix Suns being eyed as the frontrunner to land him if a trade were to transpire.

Being right meant standing firm against the greatest player of this generation at the peak of his powers, not giving James free reign over the kingdom he built, and he was willing to lose James over it — even if James was ultimately destined to head back to Cleveland and, later, Los Angeles.

Miami Heat forward Kevin Love turned Jimmy Butler's return into a meme that has even LeBron James laughing out loud.

On an episode of the Road Trippin' podcast which aired Jan. 23, former NBA player and LeBron James ' teammate Channing Frye claimed that Jimmy Butler was suspended for two games because he allegedly held up the team for multiple hours on the tarmac, only to notify them that he would meet the team at their destination.

The Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James are trying to win another NBA championship this season but may need to dip into the trade market to turn that dream into a reality

If Pat Riley is going to successfully emerge from the mess he and his team find themselves in, the Miami Heat president will have to take the most difficult advice of his career: His own. For at least the third time in just over a decade,

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro is hardly in the category of NBA great LeBron James. But he is on pace to join James in rare Heat company. Herro is averaging 24.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists while shooting 40 percent from the 3-point line.

Shooting guard Tyler Herro is having a huge season with the Miami Heat amid all the drama unfolding in South Beach.

And, unlike Jimmy Butler, you can’t just say, “No comment” whenever they want to talk about something. The Miami Heat are in uncharted waters relative to how they often operate. They went through a somewhat similar situation with Dwyane Wade from 2014-2016.