With the Miami Heat navigating Jimmy Butler’s second suspension in three weeks, coach Erik Spoelstra isn’t interested in softening the reality.

The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler are engaged in a standoff ahead of the NBA trade deadline. Butler has requested a trade off the Heat, and while Miami initially said no, they eventually suspended him for seven games and said they'd listen to offers. Their latest move involving Butler further supports the notion that he will be traded soon.

If the Heat keeps Butler past Feb. 6 and he opts out, Miami could either use a $14 million midlevel exception and a $5.1 million bi-annual exception or use about $13 million in cap space (which swells to $23 million if Robinson is released early this summer).