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Miami Heat: Why Jimmy Butler would love NBA season to jump right into Playoffs

Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat gives a kiss to the crowd after receiving a technical foul for an argument with T.J. Warren (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Jimmy Butler’s Miami Heat would be 4th in the East if the playoffs started today. More interesting, T.J. Warren and the Indiana Pacers would be their opponents.

The Miami Heat were having one heck of a year before the season was suspended. On the backs of their splendid home record, one of the best in the entire NBA, they were not only one of the best teams in the NBA’s Eastern Conference but in the entire league.