The NBA players’ association is trying to put the heat on Miami over its suspension of Jimmy Butler. The NBPA said Friday night that it intends to fight the seven-game ban the Heat levied on the six-time All-Star, who requested a trade after claiming publicly earlier in the week that he’d “probably not” have “joy” by remaining with the team.

After two NBA Finals appearances, how the situation between Miami Heat and six-time All-Star Jimmy Butler got to this point and why a trade might not be as easy as it seems.

Jimmy Butler reportedly wants out of Miami, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania in a Christmas Day report. There is some delicate phrasing in Charania’s story, saying that Butler has not ‘formally requested’ a trade,