Tim Hardaway, who played from the Heat from 1996 to '01 and has his No. 10 retired by the franchise, thinks Riley gave Butler too much of the leeway that is now being cited in the

Gilbert Arenas' strong take on Heat's Pat Riley and Jimmy Butler saga. Arenas discussed Riley’s guidance on the bench and in the front office during a recent appearance on The Right Time with Bomani Jones.

If Pat Riley is going to successfully emerge from the mess he and his team find themselves in, the Miami Heat president will have to take the most difficult advice of his career: His own. For at least the third time in just over a decade,

Many fans and pundits feel the Jimmy Butler saga is directly related to his relationship with team president Pat Riley. One former NBA player, however, feels Butler's real beef is with coach Erik Spoelstra.

Former Miami Heat star point guard Tim Hardaway Sr. shared his honest thoughts abiout the situation involving Pat Riley and Jimmy Butler.

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

The Jimmy Butler saga in Miami continues to get progressively worse with every passing day. After multiple suspensions, countless locker room dramas and standoffs between Butler and the front office,

Butler was informed at shootaround that he would come off the bench behind Haywood Highsmith in this game, which prompted Butler to walk out of shootaround. From there, the Heat suspended Butler “indefinitely,” a story broken by Shams Charania of The Athletic and since confirmed by the team.

The Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler debacle has continued to rage on. Pat Riley has been at the center of the vitriol spewed. As President of Basketball Operations, the onus is on him to decide who gets contract extensions and who doesn’t.

Is the ongoing drama between the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler the fault of team president Pat Riley? One former