Friday, the silence was broken, the uneasy truce between Jimmy Butler’s side of the story and the Heat’s side when it came to the past two months of unease that led to Thursday’s

"I think we have enough respect for each other that we texted each other once the deal went through just to wish each other the best on it," Spoelstra said. "And we also have that respect that you want each other to learn about the respective players without any kind of influence."

The Miami Heat traded star forward Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors earlier this week, concluding a rocky end to Butler's five and a half seasons in Miami. Though Butler's time in Miami didn't end on a great note with the franchise suspending him multiple times and Butler saying he no longer felt "joy" playing basketball with the Heat,

“Spoelstra did not offer Butler an explanation for the change, and Butler was informed about three hours later that he was being suspended again,” The Athletic continued. “When the Heat announced the suspension on their official X account, the explanation for his punishment included a reference to him ‘walking out of practice earlier today.'”