Jimmy Butler wants to leave the Heat. Pat Riley has been in this spot many times before

FILE - The Miami Heat president Pat Riley speaks during a halftime ceremony to commemorate the start of Riley's 30th season with the franchise, as the Heat unveiled the Pat Riley Court during an NBA basketball game between the Heat and the Orlando Magic, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Miami.

FILE - The Miami Heat president Pat Riley speaks during a halftime ceremony to commemorate the start of Riley's 30th season with the franchise, as the Heat unveiled the Pat Riley Court during an NBA basketball game between the Heat and the Orlando Magic, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)


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MIAMI — Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months. The Miami Heat president has not revealed any retirement timetable. He still wears impeccable suits, shakes hands with as firm of a grip as anyone, knows all eyes are on him when he walks into just about any room. He's not stopping. Or changing. Jimmy Butler's looming breakup with the Heat — Miami didn't give him an extension, Butler wants a trade, the franchise suspended him for seven games for conduct detrimental to the team — is not the first time that a superstar has been in Miami but had his time with Riley's team come to an unceremonious end.

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