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The ongoing standoff on South Beach, to be clear, centers around money. If
Miami had extended Jimmy Butler for the two years and $112 million that the
Heat could have committed to the 35-year-old dating to this past offseason,
we wouldn't be constantly spilling so much digital ink regarding Butler's
request to be traded.
Yet there are certainly sidebar dilemmas and underreported issues which have
inflamed this rift, leading to a seven-game suspension issued by Butler's own
team.
先澄清，在南沙滩所发生的失控是围绕着钱。如果热火上个休赛季提供Jimmy Butler 2年
112M的续约，我们就不会一直在网络上写文章讨论Butler的交易请求了。
然而，确实存在一些次要问题和未被充分报导的问题加剧了这个裂痕，最终导致Butler被
自己的球队处以7场比赛的禁赛处分。
It's rather remarkable how quickly Butler's long-solid Heat footing has
crumbled, not even two full years removed from leading Miami — as a No. 8
seed no less — to a second NBA Finals appearance in his first five years
with the franchise. The only thing that stopped that Heat team in 2023 was
the Nikola Jokiled Denver Nuggets. Butler led the Heat through the East
despite the fact that the same Tyler Herro who has since emerged as Miami's
strongest All-Star candidate, ahead of Bam Adebayo, was unavailable
throughout that run due to injury.
令人惊讶的是，Butler在热火队原本稳固的地位如此快速地崩塌，距离他作为第八种子带
领热火打进他在球队前5年的第2次NBA总决赛还不到2年。2023年，只有Nikola Jokic领军
的丹佛金块才能阻止那支热火队。尽管后来成为热火最有力的全明星候选人（甚至超过
Adebayo）的Tyler Herro在那次季后赛因伤缺阵，Butler依然带领热火闯出东区。
Butler, by that point, was clearly established as the Heat's unquestioned
lynchpin, essentially greenlighted by the franchise to come and go and play
as he pleased. I remember visiting Miami's morning shootaround in Oklahoma
City back in December 2022; Butler walked out prematurely with Kyle Lowry in
lockstep. Mind you that was before Butler's injuries and intermittent
availability, according to league sources, became a source of tangible
tension within the organization.
到那时，Butler显然已成为热火无可争议的核心，球队基本上允许他来去自如、随心所欲
地打球。我记得2022年12月在奥克拉荷马参观热火的晨练时，Butler与Kyle Lowry一起早
退。要知道，这是在Butler的伤病和断断续续的出场造成他和球队内部明显紧张之前的事
情。
Sources say even Lowry, who remains as close away from the court as anyone to
Butler, gradually grew fatigued by his teammate's headstrong tendencies on
the floor. Currently in his second season with his hometown Philadelphia
76ers, Lowry declined to comment last week when an interview was requested.
消息来源称即使是在场下与Butler关系最亲密的Lowry，也逐渐对其队友在场上固执己见的
倾向感到疲惫。目前效力家乡费城76人队第二个赛季的Lowry，在上周被请求接受采访时拒
绝发表评论。
Now it's Pat Riley's front office that has shown it will no longer tolerate
Butler's freestyling, announcing to the world on Jan. 3 that the six-time NBA
All-Star has been suspended for "conduct detrimental to the team." Among
Butler's transgressions, according to league sources, have been multiple
instances of Butler skipping out on morning shootarounds altogether and
insisting on private flights separate from Miami's team charter. Former Heat
star Tim Hardaway Sr. told Sirius XM NBA Radio over the weekend that Riley
sent a 10-page letter to the players' association detailing Butler's
missteps.
现在，Pat Riley为首的管理层已表明不会再容忍Butler的恣意妄为，并于1月3日向全世
界宣布，这位6次入选NBA全明星的球员因"危害球队利益的行为"被禁赛。据联盟消息源
称，Butler的过失包括多次完全缺席晨练，并坚持要搭乘私人飞机而不是球队包机。前热
火球星Tim Hardaway在周末告诉Sirius XM NBA电台，Riley向球员工会发送了一份长达10
页的信件(好像还有影片)，详细列举了Butler的过失。
"You don't disrespect authority and that's what Jimmy Butler has been doing,"
Hardway said. "It's about accountability. If you can't take rejection,
because everyone's been saying 'yes, yes, yes' to you, now the world's coming
to an end."
Maybe the strongest argument Butler could muster as a counter: Look to his
left and right and his closest teammates from that Cinderella team in 2023
are all gone. At a time when the 33-5 Cavaliers serve as quite the poster
team for the benefits of roster continuity, Butler's formerly Finals-worthy
supporting cast has witnessed a flurry of departures reminiscent of the Mile
High exits of Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope from the Nuggets. Max
Strus, Gabe Vincent and Caleb Martin — three starters from Miami's Game 1
Finals lineup against Denver — all left the Heat over the past two summers.
"你不能不尊重权威，而这正是Jimmy Butler一直在做的事，"Hardaway说。"这关乎责任心
。如果你无法接受被拒绝，因为每个人一直对你说'好的，好的，好的'，现在世界就要末
日了。"(就版上有的那个)
Butler最有力的反驳可能是：看看他左右，2023年那支黑马球队中与他最亲近的队友都已
离去。在目前33胜5负的骑士队展示了阵容稳定性带来的好处时，Butler曾经那支打进总决
赛的配角们经历了一连串离队，让人想起Bruce Brown和Kentavious Caldwell-Pope离开金
块的情形。热火在总决赛第一场对阵丹佛时的三名先发球员——Max Strus、Gabe Vincent
和Caleb Martin都在过去两个夏天离开了热火。
"Overstaying their welcome, wanting to find something different ... it
happens in this league," Caldwell-Pope told me last week when we chatted
after his Orlando Magic topped the Knicks.
In each of those Heat cases, Miami drew clear lines in the sand in
negotiations on new contracts with Strus, Vincent and Martin, no matter their
cohesion with Butler.
"待太久了，想尝试些不同的东西...这在联盟中很常见，"上周我在他的魔术队战胜尼克后
聊天时，KCP对我说。
在每一个热火的案例中，迈阿密都在与Strus、Vincent和Martin续约谈判时划出了明确的
底线，不管他们与Butler的合作多么的好。
"A lot of the reason for the success of the Miami Heat was the chemistry they
had," said one league figure with knowledge of that team's inner-workings.
"Those were [Butler's] guys," said another NBA source familiar with the
Heat's thinking.
Butler is said to have viewed Strus as a brother — someone who could match
the All-Star's sarcastic (some call it abrasive) sense of humor. They hatched
a celebrated handshake routine, featured often in Instagram posts and
punctuated by the players flipping each other off with shared tongue-in-cheek
zeal. Several people who knew that edition of the Heat well cited Strus as an
instrumental figure in keeping Butler steady within the greater team dynamic.
"迈阿密热火成功的很大原因在于他们的团队化学反应，"一位了解球队内部运作的联盟人
士说。
"那些都是(Butler的)兄弟，"另一位熟悉热火想法的NBA消息人士说。
据说Butler视Strus为兄弟——一个能够配合这位全明星球员讽刺（有人称之为尖锐）的幽
默感的人。他们创造了一串著名的击掌，经常出现在他们相关的Instagram贴文中，最后以
两人带着共同的打趣热情互相竖中指作为结尾。几位熟悉那个版本热火的人都提到Strus是
在团队氛围中保持Butler稳定的重要人物。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ULejgZxHeY
The Heat, though, openly struggled with the prospect of paying both Strus and
Duncan Robinson, who has one season left after this one on a five-year, $90
million contract he has struggled to live up to. The sharpshooting Strus left
Miami for Cleveland soon after 2023 free agency opened, scoring a four-year,
$62 million deal with the Cavaliers via sign-and-trade after usurping
Robinson in Erik Spoelstra's rotation.
然而，热火队公开地在是否同时支付Strus和Duncan Robinson的薪资上挣扎，后者5年9000
万美金的合约还剩下一年，而他的表现一直未能达到合约的预期。神射手Strus在2023年自
由球员市场开启后不久就离开迈阿密前往克里夫兰，在Spoelstra的阵容轮替中取代了
Robinson的位置后，通过签换获得了骑士队提供的4年6200万美元合约。
That same summer, sources said, Miami set itself an annual limit in the $8
million range in talks with Vincent. The Lakers delivered a three-year deal
with an average annual value of $11 million to lure Vincent into LeBron
James' supporting cast soon after those same Nuggets had just swept L.A. in
the Western Conference finals.
据消息源称，同一个夏天，热火在与Vincent的谈判中将年薪上限设在约800万美元的范围
。就在金块队刚刚在西区决赛横扫湖人队后不久，湖人队提供了一份年均薪1100万美金的
三年合约，吸引Vincent加入支持LeBron James的阵容。
In Miami, Vincent served as a stable two-way presence at the point — willing
to defer to Butler but likewise capable of scoring in bunches. He was also
crucial to the chemistry mix as a fixture in Butler's cherished games of
dominoes, either in transit or at team functions, late at night.
在热火，Vincent是一个稳定的攻守控卫——愿意为Butler让位，但同时也有能力得分。他
在团队化学反应中也扮演着关键角色。他是Butler珍视的骨牌游戏的常客，无论是在旅途
中还是在球队活动中，经常在深夜时一起玩游戏。
"Some of it, just doing stuff off the court, playing dominoes, having dinner,
extracurricular activities ..." Caleb Martin, now a teammate of Lowry's with
the 76ers, told me about the away-from-work dynamic Miami crafted.
"Whatever you do, that kinda trickles onto the court," Martin said. "It's
important to have that off-the-court stuff for sure."
"有些就是做一些场外的事，玩骨牌，一起吃饭，课外活动..."现在与Lowry一起效力76人
队的Caleb Martin向我谈及热火在场外建立的互动。
"无论你做什么，都会影响到场上，"Martin说。"场外的事情肯定很重要。"
Martin's own end to his Miami tenure played out rather publicly this past
summer. The Heat, according to league sources, offered Martin a four-year,
$58 million extension ... if Martin first would have agreed to pick up his
$7.1 million player option for this season. Martin opted to seek a higher
figure on the open market and ultimately landed with the Sixers when such a
deal failed to materialize, while the Heat moved forward with a quiet
offseason designed to avoid the second luxury tax apron.
Martin在迈阿密效力的结束在这个夏天相当公开地上演。据联盟消息源称，热火向Martin
报价了一份4年5800万美金的续约...前提是Martin先同意执行本赛季710万美金的球员选项
。Martin选择在公开市场寻求更高的报价，在未能拿到心目中的合约后，最终加入了76人
，而热火则度过了一个平静的休赛期，主要是要避免突破第二层硬上限。
"You hate to see stuff like that happen with the history that we had and the
run that we made and stuff there," Martin said of the recent headlines and
fallout sparked by Butler's suspension.
"看到这样的事情发生，考虑到我们的过去和我们一起创造的成绩，你会感到很遗憾，"
Martin谈到最近因巴特勒被禁赛而引发的新闻和风波时说。
You'll recall that Martin's new team narrowly beat the Heat in a Play-In
Tournament game last April to advance to a first-round playoff series against
New York. Butler left Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center that night limping
through a sprained MCL in his right knee that kept him sidelined through the
Heat's eventual first-round exit to Boston. The keys to Miami's offense this
season have since been seized by Herro, who is abundantly confident and — at
11 years younger than Butler — on a far different timeline.
你可能还记得，Martin的新东家在去年四月的附加赛中险胜热火，晋级季后赛首轮对阵纽
约尼克。那天晚上Butler带着右膝MCL扭伤离开费城Wells Fargo中心，这让他在热火最终
输给赛尔提克的首轮系列战中一直缺阵。本赛季热火进攻的重任已经被Herro接管，他充满
自信，且比Butler年轻11岁，处在一个完全不同的时间线上。
Herro has only built on last spring's strong playoff performances by
averaging career-highs in points (23.8), rebounds (5.6) and assists (5.0)
while shooting 40.6% from long range. He can score at all three levels.
Perhaps all that success — from a player Miami was reportedly prepared to
trade for Damian Lillard leading into last season — has further nudged the
Heat into a new era that they've decided won't be Butler-centric.
Herro不仅延续了去年季后赛的强势表现，场均得分（23.8）、篮板（5.6）和助攻（5.0）
都还创下生涯新高，同时三分球命中率还能维持在40.6%。他能在所有三个区域得分。也许
所有这些成功——来自一个据报导在上赛季开始前热火准备用来交易Lillard的球员——进
一步推动热火进入一个他们已决定不再以Butler为中心的新时代。
"I think it's part of growth," Martin said. "Growth with Bam and growth with
Tyler and everybody stepping into bigger roles and trying to figure out how
to make everything mesh at once. It's hard, man. There's only one basketball.
"Sometimes it's really tough at times. You got a lot of alphas there who are
trying to step into their own. And obviously Jimmy is Jimmy. It all stems
from guys being competitive and wanting to contribute at the highest level.
Anytime anybody feels like that's not happening, there's always gonna be a
little bit of friction."
"我认为这是成长的一部分，"Martin说。"Bam和Tyler的成长，以及每个人都在担当更大的
角色，试图找出如何让一切融合在一起。这很难。篮球只有一颗。"
"有时候真的很困难。那里有很多性格强势的人想要证明自己。而Butler就是Butler。这一
切都源于球员们的好胜心和想在最高等级做出贡献的愿望。只要有人觉得这不如己意，就
一定会有一些摩擦。"
So now we wait. How much friction, if any, can be suddenly shoved to the side
once Butler's suspension concludes this week and the Heat — with no apparent
trade market for him — undertake the task of working the loudest of the
alphas back into their locker room?
热火将面临一项棘手的任务：如何让这位性格最强势的"领袖"重回更衣室，并平息可能存
在的摩擦——尤其是在当前似乎没有任何明显的交易市场为他开启的情况下？
What happens if the Heat can't find a palatable Butler trade before the Feb.
6 trade deadline? Is Butler going to hold firm on his well-chronicled plans
to bypass a $52.4 million player option for next season? Wouldn't it be
easier for Butler to be traded this offseason if he picks up that option?
如果热火在2月6日交易截止日期前无法找到一笔合适的交易来送走Butler，接下来会发生
什么？Butler是否会坚持他早已公开的计画，拒绝执行下赛季价值5240万美元的球员选项?
如果Butler选择执行该选项，是否会让热火更容易在休赛季将他交易出去?
There are seemingly only questions when it comes to how Jimmy Butler and the
Miami Heat will ultimately part ways. Questions and lingering memories from
the days, not so long ago, when all the stories were about how Butler and the
Heat looked made for each other.
围绕Jimmy Butler与迈阿密热火最终该如何分道扬镳，似乎只有无尽的疑问和未解的谜团
。使人回想起了不久前的那些记忆——那时所有的故事都在强调Butler与热火有多完美契
合，如今的局面更加耐人寻味。