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.

Miami Heat president Pat Riley called out his franchise player Jimmy Butler over the offseason, leading some to question the latter's future with the organization.

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