On the day an interview with Miami Heat President Pat Riley dropped regarding dealing with player empowerment, further clarity was offered regarding the ongoing team suspension of forward Jimmy Butler.

As Jimmy Butler's trade saga continues, there will likely be more questions from inside the Miami Heat organization.

Miami is being patient while Butler is suspended, knowing that other teams will start to get desperate near the trade deadline.

On the day an interview with Miami Heat President Pat Riley dropped regarding dealing with player empowerment, more clarity emerged about the ongoing team suspension of forward Jimmy Butler. Amid the unpaid seven-game suspension of Butler,

"I understand this generation of players and how they want to go about living their life," Riley said. "It's different in the music they listen to and how they brand themselves and what they wear and how they dress.

In the latest chapter of the Miami Heat’s ongoing saga, Pat Riley and Jimmy Butler have reached the breaking point of their relationship, one that seemed destined to end in a clash of NBA egos.