ヒート、バトラーに無期限の出場停止処分

【マイアミＡＦＰ＝時事】米プロバスケットボール（ＮＢＡ）のマイアミ・ヒートは２７日、ジミー・バトラーが練習を途中で切り上げるなど問題行為を繰り返したとして、無期限の出場停止処分を科した。（写真は米プロバスケットボール〈ＮＢＡ〉、マイアミ・ヒートのジミー・バトラー）
　ヒートはＸ（旧ツイッター）で、「即時、ジミー・バトラーを無給で無期限、少なくとも５試合の出場停止処分とする」と発表。「チーム規則を無視し続け、チームに有害な行動を取り、意図的にサービスを提供しなかったため」と説明した。
　バトラーは同日に行われた練習を途中で切り上げたが、報道によると、試合に先発しないと告げられたことに不満だったとされている。
　ヒートがバトラーを出場停止にするのは、これで今月３回目となる。バトラーは「複数回にわたってチームに有害な行為をした」として７試合の出場停止になった後、チームのフライトに乗り損ねたとして２試合の出場停止処分も科され、この日の試合から復帰する予定だった。
　バトラーは１回目の処分前からトレード希望を示唆していた。当初は難色を示していたヒートも、他球団からのオファーに「耳を傾ける」意向を明らかにしている。
　この日発表された最低５試合の出場停止処分は、シーズン中のトレード期限である２月６日まで続く。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/01/28-18:20）

The Miami Heat indefinitely suspended Jimmy Butler on Monday after the disgruntled forward walked out of a practice session, reportedly when he was told he would be coming off the bench for the NBA team.
The Miami Heat are suspending Jimmy Butler without pay effective immediately for an indefinite period to last no fewer than five games, the Heat said in a statement posted on X.
The suspension is due to a continued pattern of disregard of team rules, engaging in conduct detrimental to the team and intentionally withholding services.
This includes walking out of practice earlier today.
It's the third time this month the Heat have suspended the 35-year-old Butler, who had been expected back on Monday from a two-game ban for missing a team flight.
He had previously been suspended for seven games for multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team.
Butler, in his 15th NBA campaign, sparked the Heat into the 2020 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 2023 finals, where they lost to Denver.
But even before his first suspension, Butler had indicated he wanted a trade. Initially resistant, the Heat have said the would listen to offers from other teams for the six-time All-Star.
The minimum five-game suspension announced on Monday would run through the NBA's mid-season trade deadline on February 6.
The Miami Herald reported that the Heat would determine whether the suspension would continue after that if Butler remains on their roster after the deadline.
Miami's star guard Tyler Herro said the team is getting used to playing amid the uncertainty surrounding Butler.
It kind of feels normal now at this point, Herro said in comments reported by the Herald. It's kind of just what it is. Nothing is guaranteed, so we just got to be ready to roll with whatever cards we're dealt with tonight.
Just past the halfway point in the regular season, the Heat are eighth in the Eastern Conference with their playoff chances in the balance.