Jimmy Butler expressed his admiration for the city of Miami on Saturday despite his current request to be traded from the Heat.
"I love this city with everything that I have," Butler told reporters at a padel tournament.
Butler is currently in the midst of a two-game suspension for missing a team flight as well as a "continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team."
The 35-year-old indicated to the Heat that he wanted to be traded on Jan. 2.
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