Pat Riley is a basketball lifer who has succeeded at basically every level of the sport, from his playing career, to his time coaching the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Miami Heat as ...

Since last season, tensions have festered between Butler and team president Pat Riley, who publicly lamented the five-time All-NBA selection’s inconsistent on-court availability despite having ...

I recently read a poignant piece about my idol Pat Riley, the enduring NBA fixture who turns 80 in a couple of months. Written by the inimitable Tim Reynolds of Associated Press, it says Riley is not ...

Pat Riley is no stranger to difficult moments with superstar players, but it’s increasingly clear that he may now be facing his most challenging standoff yet. With Jimmy Butler and the Miami ...

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.

Dwyane Wade has commented on the issue between Jimmy Butler and Pat Riley, describing their conflict as tragic and detrimental to the Miami Heat's reputation. Wade blames egos and pride for the ...

However, the reported backstory behind Butler's seemingly controversial transportation methods left NBA fans questioning Heat president Pat Riley's moral compass. Butler's discontent, reportedly ...

I think that’s what Pat Riley was referring to when he said something along the lines of, “If you’re not playing, you probably should stay quiet.” Obviously, that rubbed Jimmy the wrong way.

Jimmy Butler is upping his efforts to get out of Miami. The Heat superstar met with team president Pat Riley face-to-face last week to reiterate his desire to be traded away from the franchise ...

Two days later, on May 6, Heat president Pat Riley admonished Butler during his end-of-season press conference. “For him to say that, I thought, is that Jimmy trolling or is that Jimmy [being ...

In the latest Jimmy Butler trade pursuit development, the begruntled star told Miami Heat president Pat Riley he would not sign any new deal with the team and reiterated his trade request ...

The situation has been marked by tension, with Butler’s statements, behavior, and responses from team president Pat Riley making headlines. In typical Riley fashion, he addressed the controversy, ...