Jimmy Butler's motivation is not coming from earning a maximum contract extension from the Miami Heat, plain and simple. All of the offseason chatter about Heat team president Pat Riley not paying Butler is not of concern to him.

Jimmy Butler has had his fair share of injury troubles over the course of his career. Last season, he suffered one at the worst time possible, missing the Miami Heat's entire playoff run. Butler had to sit out and watch as the Heat lost a first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics,