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Miami Heat Owner Enters Jimmy Butler-Shams Charania Saga

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Nov 18, 2021; Miami, Florida, USA; Former Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade talks to Miami Heat owner Micky Arison during the game against the Washington Wizards at FTX Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
Nov 18, 2021; Miami, Florida, USA; Former Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade talks to Miami Heat owner Micky Arison during the game against the Washington Wizards at FTX Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

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The Miami Heat have remained quiet on the Jimmy Butler trade speculation.

After Tuesday's practice, coach Erik Spoelstra brushed it aside. Butler did the same this earlier this week.

Still, that doesn't mean the Heat are being completely silent. Thanks to Butler's agent, Bernie Lee, the Heat brass can sort of comment. After Lee criticized a report of Butler potentially being on the move, his post was shared by Heat owner Micky Arison.

ESPN's Shams Charania broke the news on Tuesday that the Heat will listen to offers for the 35-year-old with the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, and Golden State Warriors as his preferred landing spots. Charania followed this up with a report Wednesday evening that the Phoenix Suns are also among Butler's desired destinations.

Lee, was quick to sound off on these reports from the ESPN and NBA Insider.

"Alright listen. I gave you a pass yesterday because I was busy but if you don’t stop putting my name on your complete and utter made up bull[expletive] because you know you normally arent worth my time to acknowledge.. (continued)," Lee wrote in a reply to Charania's post. "I don’t know what I’m going to do because I’m a middle aged dad but just know it would indicate severe dislike. World… all this is fabricated. I have never and honestly it wouldn’t help me or the position I represent to do anything that’s been reported by said “journalist”."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here