In the wake of increasing conjecture of Jimmy Butler pushing for a trade and the team considering a trade, Miami Heat President Pat Riley on Thursday issued a terse and pointed statement on the

Pat Riley has finally addressed the Jimmy Butler trade rumors and he has made his stance clear. On Thursday, the Miami Heat's president issued a statement in which he was definitive that the team would not trade Butler despite rumors to the contrary.

Miami Heat president Pat Riley has issued a defiant update on Jimmy Butler’s future at the franchise amid trade talk rumors.