With that struggle, comes trade rumors. One name that seems to be frequently mentioned in trade rumors is Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler, especially, after the team decided not to re-sign him. One NBA legend wants to see Butler in a place where he can ...

He was a healthy scratch for last season's Dec. 18 matchup There are a lot of questions about Butler's desire to face his former team, but The Athletic's Jon Krawczynski posted on X that he "was planning on playing at Target Center for the first time in a while before the injury.

While Butler has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Timberwolves, Heat backup center Kevin Love is off the injury report and is expected to make his season debut in Minneapolis. Love missed the first five games of the season because of personal reasons and sat out the last three games as he worked his way back into game shape.