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Pat Riley Called Tom Thibodeau A Motherf***er And Hung Up The Phone

Jimmy Butler’s wish to being traded away was inches from becoming a reality, before Tom Thibodeau got too greedy and pissed off Pat Riley.

According to various reports, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat had basically agreed to a trade that would have sent Butler to South Beach in exchange for Josh Richardson, Dion Waiters, and a protected first-round pick.

Even medical informations were being exchanged, normally a sign that a deal is done (if the medicals turn out to be ok). Not in this case! Thibs got too gready and wanted to renegotiate, but Heat president Pat Riley wasn’t having any of it:

 

“Thibs called back and wanted more picks. And Pat Riley, literally, I was told, called him a mother-bleeper and hung up the phone.”

Listen at around the 15:30 mark of the show: http://www.espn.com/espnradio/losangeles/play?id=24960755