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,

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.