Friday, December 13, 2024

The Heat, which sometimes publicly denies trade reports, declined to comment on the ESPN report [that they're open to trade offers for J-Buts]

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The Heat went with the starting lineup of Herro, Duncan Robinson, Butler, Haywood Highsmith and Adebayo on Thursday for the 10th time in the last 11 games. The only time that the Heat didn’t use this starting lineup during this stretch came when Butler missed its Dec. 2 loss to the Boston Celtics because of knee soreness.

Since becoming the Heat’s starting group, this lineup has been among the NBA’s best.