Despite the turbulence around him, Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. sat by his locker, bearing both, a calm and focused demeanor.

Second-year Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. looks like a new man since joining ... feels more comfortable with All-Star forward Jimmy Butler sidelined. Butler is serving a seven-game ...

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Friday night game against the Denver Nuggets.

Jaquez was excellent in a starting role during Jimmy Butler's seven-game suspension, averaging 14.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game while starting in all but one of those contests.

After an alarming last-minute injury scratch from the lineup on Wednesday, Nikola Jokic was able to play with a sprained right elbow in Miami. It did not seem to bother him. He completed his 16th triple-double of the season late in the third quarter with one of his most delicious highlights of the year.

This is when reality further hit home for the Miami Heat. Mediocre without Jimmy Butler. Mediocre with Jimmy Butler.

Eric Wong identifies five teams likely to shake it up in the second half of the NBA season and what it'll mean for fantasy basketball.

Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. is not meeting ... There is no motivation to move on from Jaquez if veteran star Jimmy Butler is, in fact, traded prior to the Feb. 6 trade deadline.

Spoelstra was peeved that referees took the ball from Jaquez, when he was already at the free throw line, after Utah challenged a foul call with the Heat up 90-88 and 1:22 left in the fourth quarter on Thursday. The call was overturned, resulting in a jump ball that the Heat won, leading to a Jaquez three-pointer.

Dan Titus gets you ready for the week ahead in fantasy hoops with his top players to add, led by the newest member of the Suns.

In what could be the turning point of the season, the Heat were electric as rookie Kel'El Ware shined boosting the Heat to a big win.