With his seven-game suspension over, Jimmy Butler returned to the Heat's starting lineup Friday night against the Nuggets and addressed his future plans with a short statement: "I'm back."

As the Miami Heat take on the Denver Nuggets on Friday night, it will mark the return of star Jimmy Butler coming off of his seven-game suspension. As Butler was reportedly to start in his first game back, head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about the return of the 35-year-old star and made sure to express how he wants to quiet all the drama.

The Jimmy Butler-Miami Heat saga has dominated NBA headlines for the better part of the season; after all, it's not every day that a superstar of Butler's calib

The clash pits perhaps the NBA's most disgruntled superstar against a franchise that won't bend to his will. And everyone in the NBA is watching.

Jimmy Butler returned to the Miami Heat as planned on Friday, going through the team's walkthrough in advance of their game against the Denver Nuggets. Butler missed Miami's last seven games while serving a suspension for conduct that the team deemed detrimental.

Jimmy Butler has finished a seven-game suspension and will suit up for the Miami Heat's game against the visiting Denver Nuggets on Friday night. Less than two hours before tip-off, Butler said "I'm back" in a statement his agent Bernie O.

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler will make his return tonight against Denver Nuggets after serving 7-game suspension and he’s expected to be in the starting lineup, sources tell

Jimmy Butler is expected to play for Miami again Friday when it hosts the Denver Nuggets, a game that would be his first since the Heat confirmed that he wants a trade and that they are trying to accommodate that request.

Jimmy Butler will rejoin the Miami Heat for Friday night's matchup with the Denver Nuggets after the end of his seven-game suspension. He was expected to be in the Heat's starting lineup, Chris Haynes reported. Miami coach Erik Spoelstra confirmed Butler would start during his pregame media session.

After a prolonged absence and suspension following a public trade request, Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is expected to return to the court tonight. Even though his ongoing feud with Heat executive Pat Riley is still not resolved,

The Jimmy-Butler-Heat saga is layers deep. The six-time All-Star forward — who has made it clear he wants a trade out of Miami — realized that he wasn’t in the Heat’s future plans when team president Pat Riley called a meeting with center Bam Adebayo to crown him leader of the franchise before the 2023-24 season,