Butler, 35, had been suspended for "detrimental conduct," which cost him approximately $2.36 million in lost salary.

Jimmy Butler returned to the Miami Heat as planned on Friday, going through the team's walkthrough in advance of their game against the Denver Nuggets. Butler missed Miami's last seven games while serving a suspension for conduct that the team deemed detrimental.

Jimmy Butler is expected to play for Miami again Friday when it hosts the Denver Nuggets, a game that would be his first since the Heat confirmed that he wants a trade and that they are trying to accommodate that request.