Despite Pat Riley’s statement, the trade rumors surrounding Jimmy Butler have not stopped, with someone point-blank asking him if he would like to stay with the Miami Heat.
“Who knows? I don’t know, but now I’m here, so I’m going to make the most of it, I’m going to compete, I’m going to win,” Butler said. “That’s all I get. It’s a lot of words. It’s a lot of noise and I’m okay with that. I love that. I thrive on that. But it makes you all wonder.
Heat president Pat Riley addressed the rumors directly last week, saying, “We don’t typically comment on rumors, but all this speculation has become a distraction to the team and unfair to the players and coaches.” issued a statement Thursday. “So we’ll make it clear – we are not trading Jimmy Butler.”
Butler responded directly to Riley’s statement when asked about it by reporters on Tuesday.
“I don’t know. We’ll see. Only time will tell. “I can’t tell you what will happen tomorrow. I appreciate that statement, but this is a business after all and I know what ability is. Anyway, I There won’t be any unpleasant feelings.
He was asked if he or his manager Bernie Lee had spoken to Riley recently, but Jimmy didn’t go there. “Next,” he said.
The Heat star also dismissed suggestions that speculation about his future is disruptive to him, his teammates or both.
“I mean, I think we’re used to it now – all the outside noise,” Butler said. “At least it’s not about other people. At least it’s about me, so everybody else is free to go play basketball and be free to play basketball. Me too, because honestly, I don’t care about getting traded, where I go, who’s there What to say. It’s easy for me to get over all this noise.
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