Before things really came to a head with Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat, team president Pat Riley sat down for a lengthy interview with Dan Le Batard. The episode, released on Thursday, includes Riley's answer to what he's learned and how things are different in the player empowerment era.

With "Jimmy Buckets" wanting out of town, Heat president Pat Riley has received some backlash for seemingly failing to build a better team around Butler and making his stars run away from South Beach.