The Los Angeles Lakers could be the surprise third team that helps the Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat agree on a Jimmy Butler trade.

Q: Would current offers duplicate what the Heat has already? The rumored swaps offer marginal upgrades over what’s in the development pipeline. Are Heat going to take Nikola Jovic, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Haywood Highsmith, Terry Rozier, Duncan Robinson, Alec Burks out of the rotation? Or stop developing Pelle Larsson? – Leonard, Charlotte.

Miami will suspend Butler for two games, ESPN's Shams Charania reports. According to Charania, Butler missed a team flight Wednesday, so the Heat will respond with a two-game suspension that will force him to miss Thursday's game against the Bucks and Saturday's game against the Nets.

A: Based on all the narratives out there, of the moves have and have not been made, by now it is clear that Jimmy Butler has not been of the thought that Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo are ample enough to get him across the championship finish line.

Even as Jimmy Butler wants to get out, even as the Miami Heat want to get him out, the reality is that there might not be an easy out . . . as the NBA counts down to the 3 p.m. Feb. 6 NBA trading

SportsLine's model has simulated the Miami Heat vs. Milwaukee Bucks matchup 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Thursday

We're two weeks away from the deadline, and new names who could have a market have emerged. But No. 1 remains the same.

The Knicks and Nuggets are surging, while the Warriors watch their window close. Meanwhile, the Cavs and Thunder have their business on lock.

While hope of making his first All-Star Game as a starter likely will be extinguished Thursday night for Tyler Herro, when the results of that combined fan-media-player votes are announced on TNT, there could not have been a better advertisement for the candidacy of the Heat guard as reserve selection than Tuesday night’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at Kaseya Center.

Two Eastern Conference playoff hopefuls square off in Wednesday’s Miami Heat vs Milwaukee Bucks matchup, part of the NBA’s nine-game slate.

Led by Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, the Wisconsin Badgers had a remarkable March Madness run in 2014-15 all the way to the NCAA Tournament championship game.