巴特勒与热火的交易风波：内幕揭秘与各方观点分析
（原文发表于2月7日，作者为The Athletic网站的J.Jackson、S.Amick和J.Krawczynski，文章内容不代表译者观点）
上个月初，两位在NBA中以强硬与固执著称的人物——热火总裁帕特·莱利和球队明星吉米·巴特勒进行了面对面的会晤。这次会议被视为他们最后一次尝试解决导致热火内部矛盾的机会。
莱利与巴特勒之间的冲突已经持续了数月，这一矛盾最终迫使巴特勒提出交易申请，并多次遭到禁赛。1月7日，两人坐下来，希望能在最后时刻达成和解。然而，他们五年前从76人加盟热火后曾共同带领球队两度闯入总决赛，如今却面临着关系破裂的局面。
据了解此次会议情况的联盟消息人士透露，在会上，莱利努力与巴特勒建立情感联系，他甚至眼含泪水地谈及二人的父亲都已去世。但是，对于这一情绪化表现，巴特勒并未受到打动。他的一名接近朋友表示，他认为莱利“失控且令人不安”。
会议结束后, 巴特勒更加坚定了离开热火的决心。而来自 莱利来方的信息则显示他迅速传达了这场失败会谈后的信息，并比以往更有动力推动对巴特勒进行交易。从此，可以说双方之间寻求和解的方法彻底落空。
随后的几周里，会中的情感纠葛逐渐被冷酷无情商业现实所取代：1月16日，巴特勒比较务实地见到了热火老板米奇·阿里森；而因错过航班引发的问题也不断加剧。至于1月23日的时候, 热火通过电子邮件以及联邦快递向其发送了一封信件，其中详细列出了他“持续的不服从行为”，警告未来任何类似行为将可能招致进一步处罚，而该信件由“真诚的 ，帕特马克-J- 莱利”签署。
Bartlett 在得知自己将不再担任首发球员之后提前离开训练，从而导致第三次无限期禁赛，同时团队继续寻找他的交易方案。在这种情况下，无论是对于洛杉矶湖人在内其他竞争对手还是对于个人利益方面，都显露出各自的不满状态。队伍认为Bartlett把自身利益置于集体之上，与Riley长期强调团结精神相悖，而Bartlett 则感觉没有获得应有续约合同，当看到东部竞争者如凯尔特人与骑士等均增强阵容时，更觉得自己的处境愈加艰难.
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