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,

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 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.

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 the process,

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.

Disgruntled Heat star Jimmy Butler reiterated to team president Pat Riley in a face-to-face meeting last week that he wants to be traded, league sources told ESPN.

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 ...

Heat owner Micky Arison is expected to meet with Butler ... ESPN reporting: Suspended Heat star Jimmy Butler tells Pat Riley in face-to-face meeting that he wants to be traded and will not sign ...

There are many layers to the fallout between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. Making a recent appearance on The Dan Le Batard Show, NBA insider Chris Haynes explains that the two went months without communication.

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

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 ...

Butler met with Heat president Pat Riley last week, and then met with Heat owner Micky Arison and chief executive officer Nick Arison on Thursday, according to league sources. Through it all, Butler has remained adamant about his desire to be traded.