Jimmy Butler has been clashing with Pat Riley and the Miami Heat front office for weeks now, and after his recent suspension for conduct detrimental to the team, it looks like it might only be a matter of days until he takes his talents to somewhere other than South Beach.

It'd be easy to get caught up in the rumors, but the Los Angeles Lakers must chart a different course on the Jimmy Butler front.

Pat Riley is trying to quiet the distractions around Jimmy Butler’s status, and put out a statement saying the Heat will not trade their disgruntled star before the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline.

The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler are finally moving on from each other — and it's the right move for both sides.

A: As stated above, this not only could be a moment that alters the course with Jimmy Butler, but also alters how Pat Riley operates going forward when it comes to his forward-facing appearances. For those who have enjoyed the raw candor, it may never again quite be the same.

Riley made two comments last spring that Butler surely didn’t like: that he — and all of Miami’s best-paid players — need to play more often, and that Butler shouldn’t h

If the Miami Heat fail to trade Jimmy Butler during his suspension, the 35-year-old could finish the season with the organization.

A little more than a week after Heat president Pat Riley assured the media that Jimmy Butler was not going anywhere, the landscape has shifted dramatically.

Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months. The Miami Heat president has not revealed any retirement timetable. He still wears impeccable suits, shakes hands with as firm of a grip as anyone, knows all eyes are on him when he walks into just about any room.