The Dorian Finney-Smith trade has complicated the Lakers’ path to trading for a max-contract star such as Jimmy Butler.
One week after Miami Heat president Pat Riley declared that he wouldn’t move Jimmy Butler by the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, he pulled an about-face. The Heat announced Friday that they were suspending Butler for seven games for “multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team,” and that they will “listen to offers” since Butler “has...