<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0KmZlq_0wBGZedD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0KmZlq_0wBGZedD00" width="1000" height="600" ></figure>“I haven’t had a lot of conversation with Jimmy about it,” Riley said of Butler’s contract status. “I’ve talked to his agent at times. … I don’t have to sit down and have these meetings with [Butler] any more. He’s a very intelligent man.”Source: Miami Herald<h2>What’s the buzz on Twitter?</h2>Anthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangPat Riley addresses state of the Heat, the Jimmy Butler situation and more ahead of “crucial” season miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 6:14 PMAnthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangNot traveling for the Heat to Memphis today for tomorrow’s preseason finale:Bam AdebayoTerry RozierJimmy ButlerTyler HerroJosh RichardsonDuncan RobinsonAlec BurksKevin Love – 3:49 PMAnthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangNEW: Pat Riley addresses state of the Heat, the Jimmy Butler situation and more ahead of “crucial” season miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 3:32 PMSirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA“This is the kind of workplace that I always dreamt about being part of.”HC Erik Spoelstra shares how much he admires Pat RileyHear the Heat Season Preview special on the SiriusXM App: sxm.app.link/NBASeasonPrevi…@MiamiHEAT | @SiriusXMSports | @TheJaxShow pic.x.com/JL8ewmY7k1 – 12:50 PM<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3V1PBr_0wBGZedD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3V1PBr_0wBGZedD00" width="720" height="720" >Anthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangTakeaways and postgame reaction from the Heat’s preseason win over the Hawks miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Another positive night for Heat’s starters, Jimmy Butler shined and trolled, Heat’s shot profile continues to intrigue and more – 9:46 AMAnthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangTakeaways and postgame reaction from the Heat’s preseason win over the Hawks miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Another positive night for the Heat’s starters, Jimmy Butler shined and trolled, Heat’s shot profile continues to intrigue and more – 11:07 PMAnthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangNEW: More playing time for Heat starters and more positive results, Jimmy Butler dominates and other takeaways from tonight’s preseason win over the Hawks at Kaseya Center miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 10:03 PMStatMuse @statmuseJimmy Butler tonight:24 PTS5 REB3 STL8-11 FG2-2 3Pin just 20 minutes. pic.x.com/sMSpM5psEw – 9:29 PM<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=43GxDi_0wBGZedD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=43GxDi_0wBGZedD00" width="1024" height="576" ></figure>Anthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangJimmy Butler up to 24 points on 11 field-goal attempts and has three steals in 21 minutes. – 9:15 PMTim Reynolds @ByTimReynoldsJimmy Butler: 6 for 7, 16 points in the half. I’d imagine his preseason is over. – 8:51 PMAnthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangHalftime: Hawks 69, Heat 66. Jimmy Butler with 16 points and Tyler Herro with 14 points for Heat. Heat’s starting lineup a plus 4 in the first half. – 8:45 PMAnthony Chiang @Anthony_ChiangHeat’s projected opening night starting lineup of Terry Rozier, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo opening its third straight preseason game together … on the second night of a preseason back-to-back. – 7:01 PMDoes Riley worry about losing Butler for nothing in free agency next summer? “I wouldn’t want to,” Riley said when asked about that possibility. “He’s going to have the ability to opt and we’re going to have the ability to extend. So I’m trying to get all that thinking out of our heads because it’s living in the present moment and playing basketball. So if there’s something that’s going to drag me down or him down because of that, then we’re not going to perform at a certain level. But I think he’s embraced exactly where he’s at, I think he understands where we’re at.” -via Miami Herald / October 17, 2024 Tim Reynolds: Heat players not traveling to Memphis for the preseason finale … Bam Adebayo Terry Rozier Jimmy Butler Tyler Herro Josh Richardson Duncan Robinson Alec Burks Kevin Love -via Twitter @ByTimReynolds / October 17, 2024 But as the Adebayo-Butler-Herro combination enters its sixth season together, some have questioned whether keeping this core together this past summer was the right move. “Six years, yeah, this is a telling year for the team. It should be,” Heat president Pat Riley said Thursday during an intimate sit-down interview with a small group of reporters in his office overlooking Biscayne Bay ahead of Wednesday’s regular-season opener against the Orlando Magic at Kaseya Center. -via Miami Herald / October 17, 2024 </div></body>

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Pat Riley on Jimmy Butler's contract: I don't have to sit down and have these meetings with him anymore

“I haven’t had a lot of conversation with Jimmy about it,” Riley said of Butler’s contract status. “I’ve talked to his agent at times. … I don’t have to sit down and have these meetings with [Butler] any more. He’s a very intelligent man.”