Pat Riley makes harsh feedback about Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler remains to be alive within the playoffs at the moment together with his new workforce, however Pat Riley obviously has no regrets about how he treated that entire scenario.

The longtime Miami Heat president Riley spoke with newshounds on Friday for his end-of-season information convention. During the consultation, Riley were given a query in regards to the ex-Heat famous person Butler and answered with some harsh feedback.

“I’m not going to apologize for saying no on the contract extension [for Butler] when we didn’t have to,” Riley spoke back. “And I don’t think I should. I will always say that to the players. If I was coaching, [I’d say], ‘Keep your mouth shut, and I’ll see you next training camp.’ And you get back on the court.”

Riley did additionally replicate at the many excellent instances and successes that Butler had with the Heat all through their five-and-a-half-season run in combination and added on the finish that he needed Butler smartly. You can watch the total clip of Riley’s remarks right here.

In his feedback, Riley was once referencing his two primary bones of competition with Butler that helped result in their cut up. For one, Butler, 35, was once looking for a max contract extension from the Heat (which they in the long run refused to provide to him). For some other, Butler made some arguable feedback after Miami were given swept out of the primary spherical by means of the Boston Celtics remaining season whilst he was once injured. He claimed that the Heat would have gained that collection if he was once wholesome sufficient to play, which ended in Riley publicly firing again by means of announcing, “You should keep your mouth shut.”

The Butler-Miami saga ended up getting extraordinarily unsightly towards the tip, and the six-time All-Star was once sooner or later away traded to the Golden State Warriors forward of the business closing date remaining February. Although the partnership between Butler and the Heat had obviously simply run its path, apparently that there are nonetheless some lingering unhealthy emotions between the 2 aspects (particularly while you believe what Butler needed to say about Riley weeks after the business).