Reacting to blockbuster Jimmy Butler trade
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The drama is over. And so is Jimmy Butler’s tumultuous season in Miami.
The Heat reportedly sent him to the Warriors for a package of players and picks Wednesday, ending a standoff that began a month ago when Butler became surly over his lack of a contract extension. That forced the Heat to put him on the bench with multiple suspensions, then on the block.
Butler was the Heat’s centerpiece player in the post-Big Three Era of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The ending was sour, though, and a divorce was the only solution.
With the trade deadline approaching at 3 p.m. ET Thursday, the Heat found a…