Two of the toughest, most obstinate, most my-way-or-the-highway personalities in the NBA were face to face early last month. It was one last chance to see if there was a way to resolve a feud tearing the Miami Heat apart.
Longtime team president Pat Riley and disgruntled star Jimmy Butler, having spent so many months in a back-and-forth battle that led to Butler’s trade demand and multiple suspensions from the Heat, met on Jan. 7 to see if there was any chance of an 11th-hour reconciliation. It had been more than five years since they joined forces near South Beach, with Butler leaving Philadelphia in the summer of 2019 and
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