A well-executed trade can be the decisive factor between hoisting the trophy or watching from the sidelines at the end of each NBA season.

That plan was put to an immediate halt when the Lakers stunningly sent O'Neal to the Miami Heat in exchange for Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, Brian Grant and a first-round pick. The Heat were ...

The Chris Webber and Juwan Howard teams were solid and had merit but it was Gilbert Arenas, Antwan Jamison, and Caron Butler who made basketball fun again in the nation's capital. Outside of being ...

According to Marca, Theo Pinson said on the March 18 episode of To The Baha podcast: "That is a worse trade than Dallas and the Lakers, by far... Jimmy Butler was Heat culture." The Heat are on ...

They're just 2.5 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers, who currently sit at No. 4 in the standings. A win over New Orleans would be a major boost for Butler and company.

One team that's plowing through any competition whatsoever is the Golden State Warriors, who are now 12-1 with Jimmy Butler in the lineup ... are the Los Angeles Lakers, who saw LeBron James ...

Miami was a heavy underdog (as was the case throughout the postseason) against the Lakers, yet Butler delivered a 40-point triple-double — only James and Jerry West previously managed that feat ...