As the trade talks involving the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler continue, the news has caught the attention of many within the basketball world. Former player Gilbert Arenas has spoken about Pat Riley and Butler before, but this time made a bold prediction regarding the job held by the legendary executive.

Butler and Riley once shared dreams of winning a championship together in South Florida. How did things get this bad?

Amid rumors that the veteran star could be traded, Heat president Pat Riley said Thursday the team will not be trading Butler.

A: As stated above, this not only could be a moment that alters the course with Jimmy Butler, but also alters how Pat Riley operates going forward when it comes to his forward-facing appearances. For those who have enjoyed the raw candor, it may never again quite be the same.

If Miami Heat president Pat Riley has any social media accounts, he may want to spend the next few days off the internet. Social media users crushed Riley after

Pat Riley is a basketball icon, mainly because of his desire for discipline and championship pedigree. But for all his accolades and rings, Riley’s reign has often been marked by clashes with the game’s biggest personalities.

The Miami Heat have a midseason mess, because after two trips to the NBA Finals and another to the Eastern Conference final in Jimmy Butler’s five years they refused to give the aging forward a golden parachute near his career’s end.

We usually don’t comment on rumors, but all this speculation has become a distraction to the team and is not fair to the players and

Charles Barkley dropped an expletive after midnight on Inside the NBA and Ernie Johnson quickly reminded him the wasn’t the place for that. Barkley doesn’t love everything about this era of the NBA’s brand of basketball or the mindset of the modern player,

As coach Erik Spoelstra took his seat at the podium, the initial questions were almost singularly focused on how Butler — to put it mildly — had meandered through the evening. “That had nothing to do with anything,

Bradley Beal is “absolutely not” considering waiving his no-trade clause with the Phoenix Suns to facilitate a Jimmy Butler trade with the Miami Heat, Beal’s agent Mark Bartelstein told ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.