Basketball fans have spent months creating hypothetical trades involving Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler. Heat president Pat Riley and ESPN NBA insiders Brian Windhorst and Tim Bontempts all spent Thursday throwing cold water on the idea.

In the wake of increasing conjecture of Jimmy Butler pushing for a trade and the team considering a trade, Miami Heat President Pat Riley on Thursday issued a terse and pointed statement on the

Miami Heat president Pat Riley has issued a defiant update on Jimmy Butler’s future at the franchise amid trade talk rumors.