Miami is being patient while Butler is suspended, knowing that other teams will start to get desperate near the trade deadline.

Jimmy Butler's efforts to force his way off the Miami Heat have proved fruitless thus far. But it's early days yet. It's been about a month since rumors first popped up that Butler wanted a trade and less than a week since he made it public before getting suspended for conduct detrimental to the team.

ESPN's Bobby Marks proposed a three-team trade that would see the Warriors acquire Jilly Butler for a haul of players and assets.