Miami Heat president Pat Riley has made it clear: The team is not letting go of Jimmy Butler anytime soon.
On Thursday, Riley responded to a report from ESPN’s Shams Charania that Butler wanted to be traded, saying that the team not planning on trading him.
“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 coaches,” Riley said in a statement released by the team on Thursday. “Therefore, we will make it clear: We are not trading Jimmy Butler.”