Bam Adebayo calls feud between Jimmy Butler, Heat 'disappointing'

For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat were set to play a game Saturday night without him.

This is different from the others.

Butler is gone, banished by the Heat for seven games over what they called conduct detrimental to the team — and he's probably not going to play for Miami again. His suspension starts when the Heat play the Utah Jazz, and the team says it will agree to his wishes and try to facilitate a trade.

"It's disappointing when you see the organization and a player going head-to-head like that," Heat captain Bam Adebayo said Saturday after the team's shootaround practice. "But the rest of us got to figure out how to win games."

Butler has not commented publicly on the suspension. The National Basketball Players Association spoke out on Butler's behalf hours after the Heat announced the suspension on Friday, saying it believes the team's actions are "excessive and inappropriate." The suspension could cost Butler about $2.4 million of his $48.8 million salary this season.

"It's none of our business," Adebayo said. "It's for Jimmy and for the management to handle."

How it gets handled from here, and on what timeframe, is anyone's guess.

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Trading Butler will be a challenge in this new NBA world, with the rules of the collective bargaining agreement limiting the ways teams can acquire players. It's possible, but it's far from certain. And the Heat simply letting Butler leave as a free agent this summer also remains a possibility — a move that would open up some other avenues for Miami to acquire new players.

"It sucks to see that he won't be around," Heat guard Terry Rozier said.

Butler averaged 21.7 points,