However, the team's on-court performance has been overshadowed by the tug-of-war between Heat forward Jimmy Butler and club brass—culminating in a seven-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team on Jan.

As the Jimmy Butler situation continues to evolve, Miami Heat icon Dwyane Wade offered his thoughts on the seemingly broken relationship between the organization that he once represented as an NBA superstar and his friend and former Chicago Bulls teammate.

Perhaps little says as much about the convoluted current relationship between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat as this: The team has reached the end game of its seven-game unpaid suspension of the former All-Star forward with the situation nonetheless ongoing.