Heat president Pat Riley said he wants to see more durability from Jimmy Butler before committing to an extension for the star, and also called out the injured Butler's trolling of other teams.
If Jimmy Butler wants to see more pay, Pat Riley will want to see more play. And in simple terms, that is the entry point to this offseason for the Miami Heat. Butler is almost certainly going to ask the Heat for a two-year extension this summer — it could guarantee him as much as $113 million for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons — and Riley said Monday in his annual end-of-season remarks that he isn't sure what the team will do when that moment arrives.
'I thought, ‘Is that Jimmy trolling or is that Jimmy serious?' If you're not on the court playing against Boston or on the court playing against the New York Knicks, you should keep your mouth shut on the criticism of those teams,' Riley said. The player availability issue goes well beyond just Butler. Miami used a franchise-record 37 different starting lineups in 89 games this season, including the two play-in contests.
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