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Jimmy Butler's having fun with his hair — again . After wearing dreadlock extensions at Media Day in 2022 and opting for an "emo" look at Media Day in 2023, Butler couldn't troll on Media Day this season. He has, however, made up for it by dyeing his braids different colors during the early stages of the 2024-25 season. While Butler's choices of yellow, red, blue and orange hair dye may seem random at first, NBA fans are convinced there's a deeper meaning behind them. Here's why fans have theorized that Butler's color choices are a message to the Heat — and a few teams around the league. SN's NBA HQ: Live NBA scores | Updated NBA standings | Full NBA schedule Jimmy Butler's hair, explained With Butler's name in trade rumors, fans believe his hair color choices directly correlate to the teams he would reportedly welcome a trade to: Golden State , Houston , Dallas and Phoenix . On Nov. 4, Butler went blond (yellow), which fans now believe is a signal that he is open to joining the Warriors. After a few games in blond, Butler debuted the red two weeks later on Nov. 18. And while it matches Miami's "blood red" uniforms, the red also matches Butler's hometown team, the Houston Rockets. Butler kept the red in for a few games before switching things up again, debuting his royal blue look on Dec. 1 in Toronto. The shade of blue is awfully similar to the color of the Mavericks' " Icon Edition " uniforms. Ahead of a Dec. 12 meeting with the Raptors, Butler took to Instagram to provide a hair update: He's gone orange. Amid reporting that Butler has an interest in the Suns, this is a significant update. Appears that Jimmy Butler will be going with orange hair tonight. pic.twitter.com/Zw4rZBrmLq MORE: Why the Warriors are a real threat to acquire Jimmy Butler Jimmy Butler trade rumors Butler has a player option for the 2025-26 season, meaning he could elect to enter free agency at the end of the season. He and his representation have reportedly been unable to gain traction on a contract extension with Miami, resulting in rumors of Butler seeking a new home. ESPN's Shams Charania reported that Butler's agent, Bernie Lee, has indicated that Butler "is open" to a trade to Dallas, Golden State or Houston. Lee later refuted the report but Charania doubled down on Butler's openness to move on to those teams. Charania followed up his original report of the three aforementioned teams to mention the Suns as a fourth destination Butler would be open to joining. The Phoenix Suns are another team that Jimmy Butler’s agent, Bernie Lee, has indicated in league circles that the six-time All-Star is open to as a destination while Miami listens to trade offers, sources tell ESPN, joining Dallas, Houston and Golden State. pic.twitter.com/QCXA2uEMXt If nothing else, Butler has proven to be a world-class troll over the past few years. If the hair colors aren't coincidental, Butler has found a way to have fun with his name being mentioned in trade rumors to very specific teams. Should Butler change his hair color again, perhaps another potential trade destination should be added to his list. MORE NBA NEWS: Jimmy Butler's agent rips Shams Charania over trade rumors Why Steve Kerr ripped officials following Warriors' NBA Cup loss to Rockets Why LeBron James continues to be linked to Warriors in trade rumors How much time will Kevin Durant miss with latest injury?Citigroup Inc. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors despite daily gains

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Silent Quadrant Launches the Silent Quadrant Global Institute to Empower SMBs with Tools for Secure, Scalable GrowthAfter Juan Soto's megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soonMembership of UK's anti-immigration Reform party surpasses ConservativesAmbala: The Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) elections would be held from 8am to 5pm on Jan 19 next year. The commissioner of gurdwara elections in Haryana announced the schedule on Tuesday. Nominations can be filed from Dec 20 to 28 and scrutiny of papers will be done on Dec 30, according to the notification. The counting of the votes will take place immediately after the completion of the election. Several Sikh organisations of Haryana, including Haryana Sikh Ekta Dal, Sikh Samaj Sanstha and others, had been demanding elections to the Sikh body. The state govt had nominated second ad hoc panel in mid-Aug after the tenure of first one nominated on Dec 1, 2022, for 18 months was over. There are some conditions as per the HSGM Act, 2014, for a person to be elected as member of the committee, including that he/she should be an Amritdhari (initiated) Sikh, be able to read or write Punjabi in Gurmukhi script, not a “patit” who trims/shaves his beard or hair, not alcohol or intoxicant or halal meat consumer and not a paid servant of gurdwara and others. The candidates filing their nomination are required to deposit feet of Rs 5,000 to the returning officer before the last date of nomination. The polling will be conducted using the electronic voting machines (EVMs). There are a total of 41 wards in Haryana where elections would be held. After the Haryana assembly led by Congress govt with Bhupinder Singh Hooda as its chief minister passed Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) Act, 2014, on July 11, 2014, the HSGMC supporters had started a movement to take control of historical and other gurdwaras in the state. The HSGMC Act, 2014, was notified by Haryana legal and legislative department on July 14, 2014, the validity of which was challenged with a civil writ petition in the Supreme Court on Aug 6, 2014, by Harbhajan Singh Masanan, a Kurukshetra-based member of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Amritsar. The top court had then stayed the matter with status quo. The SGPC had also filed a petition challenging the HSGMC Act We also published the following articles recently BJP nominates former NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma for Rajya Sabha from Haryana Rekha Sharma, former NCW Chairperson, has been nominated by the BJP for Haryana's Rajya Sabha seat. The election is scheduled for December 20, and Sharma is expected to win due to BJP's assembly majority. This seat became vacant after Krishan Lal Panwar resigned to contest the assembly elections. Sharma's Rajya Sabha term will be approximately four years. Voter list changes till Dec 23 for Haryana civic polls Gurgaon district administration has announced the schedule for finalizing the voter list for the upcoming municipal elections. Citizens can register, make corrections, or request deletions until December 23rd. A preliminary voter list will be available on December 17th for review. Sukhbir Badal continues services as 'sewadar' at Anandpur gurdwara Sukhbir Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal leader, continued his religious service at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib amidst tight security, just two days after a foiled assassination attempt at the Golden Temple. Badal, performing 'seva' as part of a religious penance, was targeted by Narain Singh Chaura, a suspected Pakistan-trained terrorist with a history of militancy. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .

Membership of Britain's upstart anti-immigration Reform UK party has overtaken that of the centre-right Conservative Party for the first time, the party said Thursday, as Tories disputed the numbers. Party leader and Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage hailed the figure as a "historic moment". Immigration was a major issue at the ballot box at the UK's July general election which saw the Conservatives ousted after 14 years in power. The digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the main opposition Conservatives during its leadership election earlier this year. "The youngest political party in British politics has just overtaken the oldest political party in the world," wrote Farage on X. "Reform UK are now the real opposition." Party chairman Zia Yusuf said the milestone showed the long "stranglehold on the centre-right of British politics by the Tories has finally been broken". The last declared Conservative Party tally was the lowest on record and a drop on 2022, when there were around 172,000 members. New Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, however, questioned the figures, accusing Farage of "fakery". She said Reform's counter was "coded to tick up automatically". Farage responded by saying he would "gladly invite" a firm to "audit our membership numbers" if the Tories did the same. Reform won five seats in the 650-seat UK parliament in July, though it received roughly 14 percent of total votes cast. Reform maximised the damage to the Conservatives by splitting the right-wing vote and picking up former Tory supporters in key constituencies. The Labour Party won by a landslide although Prime Minister Keir Starmer has had a bumpy first five months in power. An Ipsos opinion poll this month found that 53 percent of Britons said they were "disappointed" in what the Labour government had achieved so far. British politics has been dominated by the two main parties -- Labour and the Conservatives -- for decades but commentators have warned that major parties have seen irreversible downturns in their popularity in the past. In the years after World War I, a divided Liberal Party found itself supplanted by the Labour Party as the main opposition. The party of 19th-century political giant William Gladstone and World War I leader David Lloyd George never again regained its status as a party of government. Farage, a supporter of US President-elect Donald Trump, said earlier this month that he was in talks with tech billionaire Elon Musk about donating to his hard-right party. har/js