Over the past few months there have been calls for Pat Riley and the Miami Heat to respectfully consider a new dawn. The 80-year-old team president was blamed for Jimmy Butler being upset and seeking a trade, a move that disrupted their season.
No one expected Dwyane Wade to leave the Miami Heat after 13 seasons and three championships with the franchise, but the Hall of Famer eventually joined his hometown Chicago Bulls in a move that certainly wasn’t easy for him.
NBA legend Dwyane Wade spent the majority of his career with the Miami Heat. He won three championships with the franchise and has a statue outside the Kaseya Center.
How many of the NBA players with at least 30 games with 30 points in the postseason can you name in five minutes?
Miami Heat owner Micky Arison was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 on Saturday. Arison is the leader behind one of the NBA’s most successful franchises.
What LeBron James is doing at this stage of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers is truly unbelievable, but most would consider his time with the Miami Heat as when he was at his absolute peak as a player.
It's hard to believe that LeBron James hasn't played with the Miami Heat since the 2013-14 NBA season. Time has flown by, but "The King" has continued to play at an extremely high level past the age of 40.
NBA legend LeBron James confirmed the Pat Riley cookies story on the Miami Heat plane when he played for the team from 2010-11 to 2013-14. LeBron loves chocolate chip cookies.
NBA great Xavier McDaniel enjoyed his one season playing under New York Knicks coach Pat Riley in 1991. He loved it so much he contemplated ending his career with Riley for the Miami Heat.
Jimmy Butler and Miami Heat president Pat Riley once formed a very successful partnership, but their relationship has completely broken down now. Butler has no interest in mending fences either, as he told Taylor Rooks before his first game against the Heat for the Golden State Warriors that he wants no interaction with Riley.
Jimmy Butler had no interest in exchanging pleasantries with Pat Riley.
According to NBA reporter Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald, Jimmy Butler‘s relationship with the Miami Heat went bad after president Pat Riley publicly challenged him to be available for more games and declined to give him an extension.
There must be something about New York Knicks coaches and interrupting brawls. A few years before Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy tried to stop a fight during a Miami Heat-New York game, Pat Riley was involved in a similar incident.
Former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas has hopped on the bandwagon. It says that the Miami Heat have to move on from team president Pat Riley, the orchestrator of Heat Culture.
Former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas has hopped on the bandwagon. It says that the Miami Heat have to move on from team president Pat Riley, the orchestrator of Heat Culture.
Gilbert Arenas has a stunning demand for Miami Heat president Pat Riley. Arenas uploaded an episode of his Gil’s Arena podcast on Saturday. One of the topics he and the panel discussed revolved around the Heat’s struggles, which saw Kenyon Martin ask Arenas about whether Riley should fire head coach Erik Spoelstra.
Three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams responded to comments made by former NBA player Jeff Teague, who suggested that the Heat should “get rid of” president Pat Riley.
Miami Heat president Pat Riley celebrates his 80th birthday today. While NBA legends took time to acknowledge his renowned career, Heat fans expressed their frustration given the team's recent losing streak.
Pat Riley is one of the best head coaches in NBA history. At 36, he won an NBA Championship in his first season at the helm (for the Los Angeles Lakers).
The Miami Heat are going through their toughest season stretch amid a nine-game losing streak. To take it one step further, they’re experiencing their most challenging season in quite some time overall.
The Heat certainly seem like they will be standing by Riley, who has worked for the team since 1995.
You can tell there's a fierce rivalry between two teams when a network voluntarily gives up a New York Knicks game to showcase it. Jimmy Butler's return to Miami fits the bill.
Like every other major professional sports franchise that has attempted it since the Los Angeles Lakers won three straight from 2000-02, the Chiefs fell short.
Much like his style of play, Butler thrives in chaos. Neither he nor Pat Riley will want this partnership to last beyond the trade deadline. Things have become too fractured to repair.
Jimmy Butler will be eligible to return to the Miami Heat on Thursday from his suspension, but he reportedly has no interest in remaining with the team through the remainder of the season.
This likely marks the end of Butler's time in a Heat uniform.
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