The exhale finally came on the court, during the Miami Heat’s morning shootaround ahead of Monday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center. That followed the whirlwind of Friday’s seven-game team suspension of forward Jimmy Butler,

For example, the Heat can’t take back more salary in a trade than it sends out as a team above the first apron. Then teams above the second apron like the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks can’t aggregate salaries in a trade or send out cash in a trade, along with not being able to take back more salary in a trade than they send out.