If Pat Riley is going to successfully emerge from the mess he and his team find themselves in, the Miami Heat president will have to take the most difficult advice of his career: His own. For at least the third time in just over a decade,

Should a trade involving Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler materialize, it might be one of the most complex deals in NBA history. ESPN's Shams Charania

Heat president Pat Riley and Heat owner Micky Arison met to talk through their differences. It was a futile effort. Starving this situation of oxygen was going to work for only so long ...

Heat owner Micky Arison is expected to meet with Butler ahead of Butler’s scheduled return Friday night against the Denver Nuggets at Kaseya Center. According to multiple NBA sources familiar with

Riley expressed his thoughts about modern NBA players in an interview with Dan Le Batard as the Jimmy Butler stalemate continues.

The report also added that Butler told Riley in the meeting that “he will ... A separate meeting between Butler and Heat owner Micky Arison is also expected to go down, according to Charania.

That is when Heat owner Micky Arison is expected to meet with ... As previously reported by the Sun Sentinel, Butler met with Heat president Pat Riley prior to Riley traveling to Southern ...

According to Charania, Butler told Riley during that meeting that he has no intention of signing a new contract with the Heat during the 2025 offseason and that he would only pick up his $52.4MM player option for 2025/26 in order to facilitate a trade.

Despite his pleas and tactics, Jimmy Butler remains a member of the Miami Heat, at least for now. But new reporting suggests that could be changing

Heat owner Micky Arison is expected to meet with Butler ... reiterates trade request in face-to-face meeting with Pat Riley None of this changes the situation: Miami hasn't traded Butler because ...

With the Miami Heat’s seven-game unpaid suspension of forward Jimmy Butler scheduled to be completed with Wednesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.Com Arena, it is what follows the next day that could determine what comes next in the ongoing saga.

The Miami Heat reportedly suspended embattled forward Jimmy Butler on Wednesday evening after missing a team flight. Heat fans were, shall we say, not too pleased. A significant portion of the fanbase took to X (formerly Twitter) and expressed their frustration with Butler,