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Hey, you feeling better? I agree with this take, btw.Butler to GSW seems like meh.
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Hey, you feeling better? I agree with this take, btw.Butler to GSW seems like meh.
Agree. I think it moves them up 1-3 seeds with the likelihood of still getting summarily dismissed by the Nuggets or Thunder. Maybe they get lucky and catch an ahead-of-schedule Rockets squad in round one, who would be susceptible to the Warriors experience. otherwise, GSW still look like a one and done to me.Butler to GSW seems like meh.
Butler is one of the best defenders in the league when locked in. If you get "playoff Jimmy" then this is a home run deal for GSW and a pretty big upgrade over Wiggins. Butler is also a big game performer. I'd be pretty happy with this in the short term if I were a GSW fan. The bigger concern is longer term - Jimmy is already facing injury issues and what type of player will you have in two years? The Heat could see the decline which is one of the reasons they didn't extend him in the off season.I still don’t know how the Warriors got any better here, and very likely got worse. When Kuminga is back, Butler will make TWO starters who don’t fit the system. And how long until Draymond and Butler get into it.
Riley fleeced Dunleavy, and from a low leverage position when everyone in the world knew they were desperate to get Butler off their hands. Curry didn’t want Butler. Kerr didn’t want Butler.
F’ing dookie. I want him gone.
This is far from a home run. It’s a seeing eye single at best. Festus Ezeli in the studio show just asked how the offense got any better. Steph needs spacing, guys who can shoot and understand the system. They just got clearly worse there. Defense is mostly a wash, Wiggins is a stopper too. And was worthy of Finals MVP in 2022 (if Steph hadn’t gone off) for scoring, rebounding out of his mind, and totally shutting down Taytum. So, he knows what big games are. Throw in Schroder, Slow-mo, and a 1st rounder and it’s a huge fleecing.Butler is one of the best defenders in the league when locked in. If you get "playoff Jimmy" then this is a home run deal for GSW and a pretty big upgrade over Wiggins. Butler is also a big game performer. I'd be pretty happy with this in the short term if I were a GSW fan. The bigger concern is longer term - Jimmy is already facing injury issues and what type of player will you have in two years? The Heat could see the decline which is one of the reasons they didn't extend him in the off season.
With the grinder wins at NYK and home against a hot Detroit tonight, I’ve seen enough to happily eat some crow over my skepticism on the Butler trade. He has absolutely been able to adapt and be a connector, and has unlocked Steph again, who’s killing it lately. It’s not a your turn/my turn thing either, which had so many Warriors fans doubting the move. He’s fit into the offense well, and has only hunted shots at the right time, mainly to get to the line as a means of controlling game flow. That’s the one thing Wiggins didn’t do nearly well enough, his basketball IQ just wasn’t on the same level and he didn’t look to penetrate as much as he should’ve.Maybe he can adapt. But I’ll believe it when I see it.