When Jimmy Butler first landed with the Miami Heat as a part of a sign-and-trade in 2019, it seemed like a match made in heaven. Butler had always been a hard-nosed, grind-it-out sort of star, the kind of player that oozes the intangible "culture" that the Heat aspire to curate and parlay into success.

Heat president Pat Riley said Thursday that his team has no plans to trade Jimmy Butler, despite swirling rumors.