Butler didn’t say a word, not after Riley said he should have kept his mouth “shut” instead of trash-talking Boston after the Heat’s first-round playoff loss, not after Riley challenged Butler to miss fewer games, and not after the Heat president took a noncommittal stance about giving him a lucrative contract extension.

Heat's Jimmy Butler on if he'll play out the season and be a free agent Bill Streicher-Imagn Images. The plan as reported by Shams Charania is for Butler to play out this season a

During Hardaway’s interview, podcast co-host Stephen Jackson added that perhaps Riley is also tired of Tyler Herro, who has sporadically missed time due to injury while the Heat have been “babying” him. Hardaway replied: “He’s probably talking about both of them, but I think he’s really talking directly to his star.”