The Miami Heat traded disgruntled star Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors this week, eliciting praise from at least one NBA front office person.

According to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, an anonymous Western Conference scout was impressed with what the Heat managed to pull off, saying: “To pick up a first and save money and get out of the biggest headache in the league? That’s a win.”

After weeks of rumors and speculation, the Heat finally sent Butler packing on Wednesday night as part of a four-team trade.

Miami traded Butler to Golden State and Josh Richardson to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson, P.J. Tucker and a top-10-protected 2025 first-round pick.

The Heat later flipped Tucker to the Toronto Raptors as part of a deal for guard Davion Mitchell.

Butler, 35, had clearly wanted to get out of Miami for quite some time, as his actions resulted in three suspensions during the month leading up to the trade deadline.

The first suspension was for seven games due to conduct detrimental to the team. The Heat also announced at that time that they would listen to trade offers involving Butler.

Butler was then suspended two games for missing a team flight and indefinitely for walking out of a practice.

An anonymous Eastern Conference scout told Bontemps: “Disgruntled employees can complain their way into getting what they want in the NBA—if they’re good enough.”

Once the trade was consummated, the Warriors signed Butler to a two-year contract extension in hopes that they can be contenders in the Western Conference with a core of Butler, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Jonathan Kuminga, Brandin Podziemski, Moses Moody and Trayce Jackson-Davis.

As for the Heat, trading away Butler allows them to move forward with Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro as their core, plus they have a solid supporting cast around them headlined by Wiggins, Terry Rozier, Nikola Jović, Duncan Robinson, Jaime Jaquez and Kel’el Ware.

During his six seasons in Miami, Butler was a highly productive player who helped take the Heat to the NBA Finals twice, but there was clearly a massive disconnect between the two sides this season.

Even though every other team knew that the Heat and Butler wanted to split, Miami still got a strong trade package in return, which speaks to the job done by Heat president Pat Riley and general manager Andy Elisburg.