There are many layers to the fallout between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. Making a recent appearance on The Dan Le Batard Show, NBA insider Chris Haynes explains that the two went months without communication.

With the Miami Heat’s seven-game unpaid suspension of forward Jimmy Butler scheduled to be completed with Wednesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.Com Arena, it is what follows the next day that could determine what comes next in the ongoing saga.

Riley expressed his thoughts about modern NBA players in an interview with Dan Le Batard as the Jimmy Butler stalemate continues.

Disgruntled Heat star Jimmy Butler reiterated to team president Pat Riley in a face-to-face meeting last week that he wants to be traded, league sources told ESPN.

According to Charania, Butler told Riley during that meeting that he has no intention of signing a new contract with the Heat during the 2025 offseason and that he would only pick up his $52.4MM player option for 2025/26 in order to facilitate a trade.

If Jimmy Butler indeed is in the midst of his endgame with the Miami Heat, the process hardly is an outlier during Pat Riley’s three decades of stewardship of the franchise.

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler reiterated to team president Pat Riley in a face-to-face meeting ... league sources said. Owner Micky Arison is expected to also sit down with Butler later this ...

That is when Heat owner Micky Arison is expected to meet with ... As previously reported by the Sun Sentinel, Butler met with Heat president Pat Riley prior to Riley traveling to Southern ...