Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is used to speaking his mind on any subject.
Well, so is Heat team president Pat Riley.
In his yearly offseason press conference, Riley responded to Butler’s comments about how things would have been differently if he were healthy in the playoffs. The Heat lost to the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
“For him to say that, I thought, is that Jimmy trolling or is that Jimmy serious,” Riley said. “If you’re not on the court playing against Boston or on the court playing against the New York Knicks, you should keep your mouth shut.”
After making the NBA Finals last year, the Heat were eliminated by the Celtics in the first round because of injuries to Terry Rozier and Butler. The Heat played the Celtics in the conference finals the past two years
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