Jimmy Butler 's story with the Miami Heat unfortunately won't have a happy ending. The 35-year-old has made it clear that he has lost his joy in basketball and is seeking to leave South Beach in order to rediscover.

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And he might have taken a shot at the Miami Heat — possibly long-time team president Pat Riley — in a video posted on his Instagram story. Butler was at his BigFace Coffee brick-and-mortar location in the Miami Design District this week, it seems, when the six-time NBA All-Star posted a video that is already making the rounds.

Disgruntled Heat star Jimmy Butler reiterated to team president Pat Riley in a face-to-face meeting last week that he wants to be traded, league sources told ESPN.

If the thought was that the second week of Jimmy Butler’s seven-game team suspension would quiet the outside noise regarding the Miami Heat forward, that hardly appears to be the case.

The 35-year-old is eligible to return to the court for Miami's contest against the Denver Nuggets on Jan. 17, at which point the Heat would expect "Butler to rejoin the team and play in games" so long as he's still on the roster, per Chiang.

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