According to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald, Jimmy Butler received’t return to the Miami Heat‘s lineup till after the All-Star break.

Butler is away from the workforce as a result of a dying within the household. The Heat will play their subsequent two video games with out their greatest participant within the lineup. 

Miami is 28-25. The workforce is in eighth place within the Eastern Conference standings.

Butler, 34, is averaging 21.4 factors, 5.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists on the season whereas taking pictures 50.0% from the sphere, 44.0% from past the arc and 86.9% from the free-throw line. The Marquette product leads the Heat in factors per recreation. 

Butler, who has performed for the Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers and Heat, is making $45.2 million this season. He signed a three-year, $146 million veteran contract extension with Miami in August 2021. 

The Heat can signal Butler to an extension this offseason. The franchise has been to 2 NBA Finals since Butler got here to South Beach in the summertime of 2019 by way of a sign-and-trade take care of the Sixers. Miami misplaced to the Los Angeles Lakers within the 2020 Finals and fell to the Denver Nuggets within the 2023 Finals. 

A six-time All-Star, Butler is averaging 21.5 factors, 6.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 268 video games with the Heat.