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,

Add longtime NBA executive Bob Myers to the long list of people who has had enough of Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler. Butler returned to the court Friday night following a seven-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team.

Typically, a coach wants as much talent available as possible. But there has been nothing typical about these past two weeks for Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat with Jimmy Butler.

Spoelstra was peeved that referees took the ball from Jaquez, when he was already at the free throw line, after Utah challenged a foul call with the Heat up 90-88 and 1:22 left in the fourth quarter on Thursday. The call was overturned, resulting in a jump ball that the Heat won, leading to a Jaquez three-pointer.

Erik Spoelstra spoke about the Miami Heat ahead of their game against the Denver Nuggets in Jimmy Butler's return.

Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months ... And that's why he's the Godfather," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said last month. "That's why we all kill ourselves for this culture. It's because of him. We believe in him." And, as some have learned over the ...

Miami Heat president Pat Riley called out Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro in his end-of-season press conference last year. One was seemingly offended by that while the other used it as motivation. The 2024-25 season has been the best of Herro's career and he spoke to Anthony Chiang about how he reacted to Riley calling him fragile.

Heat president Pat Riley confronted Jimmy Butler in the only way that he knew how. It hasn’t worked yet. Riley, however, was equally critical of Tyler Herro, referring to him as “fragile.” Herro, who is in the middle of a career season,

Consider Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen an expert in talking championships.  Pippen won six rings alongside Michael Jordan on the Bulls. Regardless of how

After missing seven games with a suspension that followed questions concerning his effort and his public trade request, Jimmy Butler returned to a Heat team that might have expected fireworks.

Jimmy Butler is back with the Miami Heat after his suspension, but nothing has really changed. Butler wants the Heat to trade him and the Heat will continue to try to fulfill that request ahead of the NBA’s Feb. 6 trade deadline.

There was no pretense of Butler being a vibrant part of the Heat for Friday’s game. He shot by himself in warmups. There was none of the choreographed palm-slapping with teammates that’s a typical part of any pregame. Kevin Love did run out to him just before the center-tap and shake hands. It looked like the first time they’d seen each other.