Heat star Jimmy Butler responds to the Miami team's president Pat Riley's controversial comment from earlier this year.

TNT analyst Steve Smith was drafted by the Miami Heat. He also returned later in his career when Pat Riley was in the organization. So he knows the franchise. Which is why Smith said he felt Riley was bluffing when he said he wasn't trading star Jimmy Butler this season.

Longtime Miami Heat team president Pat Riley has weighed in on the recent monthslong speculation regarding a potential trade of the team's best player, six-time All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler, via an official statement on the team's social media accounts.