NBA trade deadline - Execs react to Butler, Luka, Ingram, Lakers deals - ESPN

After two months of waiting for a resolution, the Miami Heat finally found one for the Jimmy Butler saga on Wednesday night — while the team was playing in Philadelphia against the 76ers.

It made for a strange scene, with players on the bench getting informed by fans about one of the NBA trade deadline's most impactful moves as the game was being played, and still trying to put the pieces together once they had emerged from the contest with a 108-101 victory.

But the oddities of the end of this affair were quickly overwhelmed by a palpable sense of relief inside the visiting locker room. Yes, Butler's teammates were happy for him, with forward Nikola Jovic having the line of the night when he said, «I'm sad and happy in the same moment. Sad you're not going to see him anymore. But I'm really happy that he got what he wanted.

»That bag [a two-year, $111 million deal] is really big and I'm happy for him."

The Heat were also happy to not have to answer more questions about the Butler situation. Instead, Miami can focus on the group that it has assembled, one that has seen Tyler Herro turn into an All-Star and currently sits in the sixth and final guaranteed playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

That group will add Andrew Wiggins, plus a top-10-protected first-round pick in this year's draft from Golden State. Wiggins, at 6-foot-8, has prototypical small forward size and has shot at least 38% from 3-point range in four of the past five seasons. He slots in nicely in Miami's starting lineup between Herro and Duncan Robinson in the backcourt and rookie Kel'el Ware and Bam Adebayo up front. He also gives the Heat some additional positional size on the wing, something they have lacked.

«I like Wiggins in Miami,» a Western