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Hanifan: Pat Riley was right not to pay Jimmy Butler, but the front office is still not absolved from criticism

The 2024-25 Miami Heat season has long been over. The ending was so merciful that while we wish we could forget, it’s forever stapled in our memories like a bad dream. The drama-laced Heat season was arguably the worst since the Big 3 with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The Jimmy Butler saga–stemming […]

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Pat Riley hints at Heat ducking luxury tax to avoid repeater tax penalties

Most of Pat Riley’s end-of-season press conference Friday was tailored toward the franchise’s future. He didn’t have any opening statement–atypical for the Heat’s president–instead jumping into the meat and potatoes of the tumultuous season that was the 2024-25 Miami Heat season, plus brushing the surface of what is to come. One of the fine details

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Hall of Famer Tim Hardaway Sr. blasts Jimmy Butler: He ‘is trying to sink that ship’

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is currently serving a seven-game suspension due to multiple instances of “conduct detrimental to the team.” Butler will lose out on $2.5 million, but the player’s association is expected to file a grievance with the league–which could take up to a year to resolve. As the situation continues to unravel,

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Lakers to reward Pat Riley with statue outside of Crypto.com Arena

Not long after the Miami Heat dedicated their court inside Kaseya Center to former head coach and longtime executive Pat Riley, the Los Angeles Lakers will do the same, this time with a statue. The team announced Monday morning that Riley, a former Lakers player, assistant coach and head coach, will be given a statue

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Pat Riley challenged Jimmy Butler. Now, Butler must respond

Even though it arrived over two months sooner in the calendar year than the organization would’ve liked, everyone’s favorite annual press conference was Monday: Pat Riley’s end-of-season presser. It’s a spectacle on the Miami Heat’s calendar where the team president outlines all his thoughts on everything from the team’s current condition to its potential process

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