In his current standoff with the Heat front office ( read: Pat Riley ), Miami attempted to avoid the “burn everything down” portion by suspending Butler seven games for conduct detrimental to the team ( read: attempting to force a trade ).

Jimmy Butler returned to the Miami Heat as planned on Friday, going through the team’s walkthrough in advance of their game against the Denver Nuggets

Wisconsin says it has “credible information” that Miami and Xavier Lucas made impermissible contact with each other before the former Badgers cornerback decided to transfer to his home-state school.

The NCAA requires schools to adhere to a player’s transfer request, but Lucas' name never appeared in the portal.

On Friday, cornerback Xavier Lucas announced he would transfer from Wisconsin to Miami—a move that has taken just 24 hours to shake up the world of college football. Lucas's move is unique in that he did not enter the transfer portal before joining the Hurricanes,