Well, according to ESPN senior insider Shams Charania, Heat president Pat Riley's one statement in the summer led to Butler contemplating his future in Miami.

Shaquille O’Neal knows firsthand that team president Pat Riley is running the Miami Heat. Players, meanwhile, come and go.

Riley and Butler’s relationship has yet to recover, sources said. New: The Sixers get right back to work tonight, facing the Golden State Warriors and completing the West Coast swing of a six ...

Jimmy Butler isn’t a villain to me. I don’t blame him. Pat Riley let him down. Sadly, it was leading to this point. We saw this man save the Heat, pull them from the gutter. It’s a shame.

Jimmy Butler and Pat Riley's relationship has been poor ever since the President of the Heat called him out publically.

Despite heavy rumors of a potential split, Heat executive Pat Riley dismissed the idea of trading Butler, firmly stating that the team has no intention of moving on from their star player.

Jimmy Butler has often found himself at the center of controversies, and the latest chapter involves Heat President Pat Riley. In May, Riley made waves in a pointed remark about Butler. Fast ...

Jimmy Butler has told Miami that he wants out. The six-time All-Star, playing his sixth season in Florida, is also open to playing anywhere other than the franchise where Pat Riley works.

Miami Heat president Pat Riley recently made it known that the team had no intentions of trading Jimmy Butler. Butler, however, made it known Thursday night that he very much wants to be traded.

But it keeps all y’all wondering.” Advertisement Butler’s comments came less than a week after Heat president Pat Riley took the unusual step of announcing that the team “will not trade ...

In a statement released to the media Dec. 26, Heat president Pat Riley declared: “We are not trading Jimmy Butler.” Despite the strong statement, it appeared that the Heat and Butler were ...

Jimmy Butler has often found himself at the center of controversies, and the latest chapter involves Heat President Pat Riley ...