While Miami Heat President Pat Riley hasn’t commented on the Jimmy Butler situation that has engulfed the team in recent days, an interview he conducted weeks ago that was released Thursday shed light on how he deals with “this generation of players.

On the day an interview with Miami Heat President Pat Riley dropped regarding dealing with player empowerment, more clarity emerged about the ongoing team suspension of forward Jimmy Butler. Amid the unpaid seven-game suspension of Butler,

For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat were playing a game without him. This was different from the others. Butler is gone, banished by the Heat for seven