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The original was posted on /r/nba by /u/TheRealPdGaming on 2025-02-07 23:12:41+00:00.

Original Title: [Windhorst] When Butler first came to the Heat in summer 2019... [Riley] asked Butler who the most talented player he ever played with was. Butler answered quickly: Wiggins... Five years later, they were traded for each other.

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There was an irony to this. When Butler first came to the Heat in summer 2019, Butler was in Riley's office celebrating the signing of the four-year, $142 million deal that landed him in Miami. The two men cracked open a bottle of Screaming Eagle cabernet from Riley's personally curated wine cellar inside the Heat offices. Riley was telling stories, and he asked Butler who the most talented player he

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The original was posted on /r/nba by /u/sewsgup on 2023-10-23 18:56:42.

Original Title: Beal: "My initial favorite was Miami. Riley says well I’ll go talk to Micky and figure it out. So he goes— we hear Knicks, Sacramento, Brooklyn a little bit, and then it was Milwaukee and it was one more big team. I’m like, ‘OK, what’s Miami doing? Dragging feet.’"

So, my initial favorite was Miami. And so, we call Miami. [Miami president] Pat [Riley] says well I’ll go talk to [owner] Micky [Arison] and figure it out. So he goes, talks to Micky, we go, we hear back [New York] Knicks, Sacramento, Brooklyn a little bit, and then it was Milwaukee and it was one more big team. So, I didn’t like Knicks. I didn’t like Sac from the standpoint they were still a little too you