Most importantly, they're "open" to listening to trade offers for their franchise player just a week after team president Pat Riley released a statement ruling out a possible trade for his six ...

Pat Riley said he had to show that he could play more games. Then, coming into the season, Jimmy Butler looked ready to play, using his photo session to prove his was ready (no Emo Jimmy.) The ...

If Miami Heat president Pat Riley has any social media accounts, he may want to spend the next few days off the internet. Social media users crushed Riley after Heat forward Jimmy Butler requested ...

Pat Riley and Jimmy Butler, on a years-long collision course of stubbornness and inevitability, have reached their natural conclusion: an impending, public and potentially ugly divorce.

A former NBA veteran recently suggested that Pat Riley, the Heat president, might be behind Butler’s remarks. Former NBA player Paul Pierce recently appeared on “Speak” on FS1 to discuss ...

The NBA never fails to bring drama every season, and things are off to a heated start early in the 2024-25 campaign, thanks to Jimmy Butler, Pat Riley and the Miami Heat. Butler has been suspended ...

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. "'If you're not on the court playing ...

Since last season, tensions have festered between Butler and team president Pat Riley, who publicly lamented the five-time All-NBA selection’s inconsistent on-court availability despite having ...

Q: Hey Ira, not that I often go against Heat culture and wisdom, but do we have a Pat Riley problem? I know there is more that goes into these league-shaking decisions of marquee players moving on ...

The crumbling relationship between Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler and team president Pat Riley has been a long time coming. And, like with many partnerships that fall apart in the end ...

When reporting on this matter, NBA insiders Shams Charania and Brian Windhorst noted that his relationship with Pat Riley was fractured when Riley publicly slammed Butler for his comments during ...

Heat's long-serving president Pat Riley has been in the firing line since the decision to suspend Butler was made, with Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce accusing him of ruining the well-known ...