Pat Riley, who serves as team president of the Miami Heat, believes the Heat have taken a step forward following their decision to move on from Jimmy Butler, pointing to improved results as evidence.
“When you look back at what we did with Jimmy, in that trade. Winning 37 last year for a lot of reasons and then winning 6 more this year. That’s an improvement.”
Pat Riley says the Heat actually improved after trading Jimmy Butler because they won six more games than last season
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