The Miami Heat have been without Jimmy Butler for a few weeks, and things have not gone well during that time. According to NBACentral, the Heat are now 1-6 since the Butler trade and have struggled even during this sole victory.
Reports were swirling around this season’s NBA trade deadline that Durant had expressed an unwillingness to be traded to Golden State this season. And while those reports were not false, much of the speculation surrounding the supposed reasons for Durant’s decision was not accurate.