Pat Riley is no stranger to difficult moments with superstar players, but it’s increasingly clear that he may now be facing his most challenging standoff yet.

Tensions are high, but Butler can bolster his own market by playing well for Miami when his suspension ends after Wednesday's game in LA.

If Pat Riley is going to successfully emerge from the mess he and his team find themselves in, the Miami Heat president will have to take the most difficult advice of his career: His own. For at least the third time in just over a decade,