The Miami Heat are listing Jimmy Butler as doubtful for their game Thursday at Orlando, saying he needs time to recondition before returning to the lineup.

Jimmy Butler is starting to play hardball with the Miami Heat with his long-term future in South Florida the subject of increasing speculation. ESPN's

When Jimmy Butler first landed with the Miami Heat as a part of a sign-and-trade in 2019, it seemed like a match made in heaven. Butler had always been a hard-nosed, grind-it-out sort of star, the kind of player that oozes the intangible "culture" that the Heat aspire to curate and parlay into success.