{"id":6574,"date":"2024-10-02T04:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T04:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6574"},"modified":"2024-10-02T04:02:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T04:02:27","slug":"heat-star-jimmy-butler-responds-to-pat-rileys-sharp-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6574","title":{"rendered":"Heat Star Jimmy Butler Responds to Pat Riley\u2019s Sharp Comments.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2175704301.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2175704301.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2175704301.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2175704301.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jimmy Butler, Heat\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-img-load-time=\"143\" data-dom-ready-time=\"195\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat speaks to the media during media day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Miami Heat\u00a0star\u00a0Jimmy Butler\u00a0showed up with no gimmick in this year\u2019s NBA media day.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the past years when he came trolling the media with different looks, from dreadlocks in 2022 to emo in 2023, Butler surprised everybody by showing up with his game-day look this time.<\/p>\n<p>Butler meant serious business on a contract year and after getting admonished by Heat president Pat Riley over his lack of availability, which contributed to the lack of extension talks this past summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo shenanigans,\u201d\u00a0Butler told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jimmy Butler Speaks at HEAT Media Day \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f | September 30, 2024\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R01afUzb4iA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always want to hoop, always want to compete with my guys,\u201d Butler added. \u201cI hear him (Riley).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Riley put Butler on notice during his exit press conference in May.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat\u2019s no non-sense top executive repeatedly talked about players\u2019 availability during his 43-minute presser, including blasting the NBA\u2019s 65-game eligibility rule, which he believes sent the players and their agents a message that \u201cit\u2019s OK to miss 17 games\u201d in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Riley even shared he had already had a discussion about this with Butler\u2019s agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see what he\u2019s talking about,\u201d Butler said during the Heat media day. \u201cI\u2019m going to play as many games as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>No Extension for Jimmy Butler<\/h2>\n<p>Butler is notorious for lying low during the regular season and switching to \u201cPlayoff Jimmy\u201d mode in the postseason. He has\u00a0never played more than 64 games\u00a0since moving to Miami in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Heat star did not get his extension this summer, making him a flight risk after this season.<\/p>\n<p>Butler holds a $52.4 million player option for the 2025-26 season but is currently extension-eligible and can sign a one-year, $58.6 million extension tucked into the final year of his current deal or a two-year, $112.9 million extension that would void the player option,\u00a0according to ESPN\u2019s Bobby Marks.<\/p>\n<p>But Riley wants to see Butler shape up first before making a huge financial commitment to the six-time NBA All-Star in his late 30s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have to do that for a year,\u201d\u00a0Riley told reporters\u00a0about Butler\u2019s extension while speaking to reporters during his exit interview on May 6. \u201cAnd so, we have not discussed that internally right now, but we have to look at that, making that kind of commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After averaging 22.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.3 assists to lead the Heat to the NBA Finals in the 2023-24 season, Butler\u2019s averages dropped to 20.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists last season and he was limited to 60 games due to injuries and personal absence as he\u00a0mourned the death of a family member. His season ended in their play-in tournament loss to the\u00a0Philadelphia 76ers with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Jimmy Butler Linked to the Brooklyn Nets<\/h2>\n<p>The absence of an extension contract led to speculations about Butler\u2019s future in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Nets, who will have the most cap room next summer, have been floated as a potential landing spot for Butler.<\/p>\n<p>Butler \u201clikes Brooklyn, according to sources close to the player,\u201d\u00a0New York Post\u2019s Brian Lewis wrote on August 31.<\/p>\n<p>Marks projected the Nets to have as much as $70 million in cap space to fast-start their rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>Butler is represented by Bernie Lee, who also handles Nets star\u00a0Ben Simmons\u2018 career. 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