"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."

Butler's second suspension with the Heat came from the miscommunication of the travel policy as the 35-year-old missed a team flight to Milwaukee on Jan. 22. However, The Athletic would write both sides have told “different tales” in terms of that incident.

Friday, the silence was broken, the uneasy truce between Jimmy Butler’s side of the story and the Miami Heat’s side when it came to the past two months of unease that led to Thursday’s finalization of the trade of the former All-Star forward to the Golden State Warriors.