Jimmy Butler didn’t bother to take one look back in the direction of his old bench, his old mates, or that old floor that he set afire for many a spring night. The emotion of Tuesday night, his return to Miami after an electric and combustible five-and-a-half-year run,

TNT televised Tuesday’s game between the Warriors and Heat in Miami, and reporter Taylor Rooks passed along a tough quote Butler shared regarding Riley. “I have nothing to say to Pat, and Pat better have nothing to say to me,” Rooks says Butler told her.

Having dealt with his own contract contretemps with the Miami Heat, Heat icon Dwyane Wade said he appreciates the proactive approach friend and former teammate Jimmy Butler took in triggering his