The proposed trade would begin a much-needed re-tooling effort for the Miami Heat, while also landing them a genuine star player.

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The Jimmy Butler-Miami Heat trade hasn't necessarily been mutually beneficial. In fact, it's looking lopsided in Golden State's favor thus far with its recent success and Miami's detriment. The Warriors are 12-2 since acquiring Butler,

After a long saga, the Miami Heat finally traded Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors ahead of last month’s trade deadline. Though it was mostly unknown why Butler wanted to move on from the Heat after six years,

Before the Miami Heat finally made the move to trade Jimmy Butler, the six-time All-Star decided he wanted out because he felt his value wasn't being appreciated. Per Andscape's Marc J. Spears, Butler's desire to be dealt stemmed from a feeling that the Heat "were moving in a direction without him in mind and he wanted to be more valued" at this point in his career.

Jimmy Butler explained he no longer felt "wanted" by the Miami Heat, which led to his trade to the Golden State Warriors.