Even on his nights off, Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler makes headlines for comments with a potentially deeper meaning. Monday night was no exception. Butler a
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra finds himself in an unenviable place amid the Jimmy Butler trade drama. Butler wants out, and the Heat have suspended him twice this month alone. The Heat are in freefall,
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra doesn't think his team should have a hard time playing without Jimmy Butler again."The point that I made to our team is you get used to it," Spoelstra said, according to the Sun Sentinel's Ira Winderman.
After Jimmy Butler made his return for the Heat on Friday, Erik Spoelstra speaks on what more he wants to see.
As the Miami Heat take on the Denver Nuggets on Friday night, it will mark the return of star Jimmy Butler coming off of his seven-game suspension. As Butler was reportedly to start in his first game back, head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about the return of the 35-year-old star and made sure to express how he wants to quiet all the drama.
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,
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.
As tensions between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat escalate, a former NBA champion has pointed to Heat president Pat Riley as the source of the conflict, drawing parallels to previous standoffs with icons like LeBron James and Magic Johnson.
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.
There's no doubt Spoelstra means what he says as the Heat re-signed Highsmith this past offseason as he emerged as a top defensive stalwart and this season has shown him guarding the best players in the league. Tucker played with Miami from 2021-2022.
After the Heat beat the Spurs, Erik Spoelstra speaks on the Bam Adebayo-Kel'el Ware pairing.
Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler reiterated to team president Pat Riley in a face-to-face meeting last week ... league sources said. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and players such as Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo have spoken in the last week about finding clarity ...