A local Miami Heat media personality believes it began last summer when team president Pat Riley called out Butler. While addressing the media at the end of the season, Riley told Butler to keep ...

Dan Le Batard believed Pat Riley's way of handling the Jimmy Butler trade saga was influenced by the murky LeBron James exit in 2014. It was well documented that the Heat head honcho had taken the ...

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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 ...

But few dared disobey instructions from the chairman of the board. That would be Giorgio Armani, who touched down in New York City last fall to stage a mic drop of a runway show coinciding with ...

Pat Riley has been a part of the league since 1967. In many ways, he is the definition of old-school basketball when players were required to be tough, and was okay for coaches to run a tight ship.

Nearly a decade after LeBron James’ abrupt departure from the Miami Heat in 2014, its ripple effects may be influencing how Pat Riley handles Jimmy Butler’s future with the franchise.

Elsa/Getty ImagesMiami Heat president Pat Riley at Madison Square Garden on May 02, 2023 in New York City. Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat brings the ball up court during the second half of the ...