As soon as Jimmy Butler arrived at Golden State, he made sure that the soap opera from his trade request and suspensions with the Miami Heat wouldn’t hang over him like a San Francisco morning fog. So, the veteran swingman made a point to tell his new teammates he was committed to winning. “When I walked in, I was like, ‘Yo, look man, I’m only here to win,’” Butler told Andscape. “’I don’t care about nothing else. I don’t care about points. I don’t care about shots. I don’t care about none of that. I’m only here to win and I’ve always only been places to win. So, whatever y’all need me to do, y’all let me know.’ “‘Show me some grace because I’m new until I get the hang of this thing. But the one thing about everything is my energy is at an all-time high because I’m here and ain’t s— changed. The goal is still remaining the same and that’s winning a championship.’ ”
Source: Andscape
Source: Andscape
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Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
“I got the opportunity to go work on my s—. Work on my game. Be around my people. Play some dominoes. I knew I was going to end up somewhere where I was wanted. I knew I was going to play basketball again,” #Warriors star Jimmy Butler on the end in Miami. shorturl.at/K1VlQ – 1:30 PM
“I got the opportunity to go work on my s—. Work on my game. Be around my people. Play some dominoes. I knew I was going to end up somewhere where I was wanted. I knew I was going to play basketball again,” #Warriors star Jimmy Butler on the end in Miami. shorturl.at/K1VlQ – 1:30 PM
Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Jimmy Butler is ‘only here to win’ with Golden State #Warriors. The six-time #NBA All-Star is in a ‘really good headspace’ since joining Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and the suddenly winning Warriors. @andscape shorturl.at/fzfSt – 11:30 AM
Jimmy Butler is ‘only here to win’ with Golden State #Warriors. The six-time #NBA All-Star is in a ‘really good headspace’ since joining Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and the suddenly winning Warriors. @andscape shorturl.at/fzfSt – 11:30 AM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Since the Jimmy Butler trade, things have not gone well for the Heat. Can the Heat find a way out of this rough patch? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Heat hosts Clippers tonight at 8 – 9:39 AM
Since the Jimmy Butler trade, things have not gone well for the Heat. Can the Heat find a way out of this rough patch? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Heat hosts Clippers tonight at 8 – 9:39 AM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Since the Jimmy Butler trade, things have not gone well for the Heat. Can the Heat find a way out of this rough patch? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… “We can’t just cough up this season.” – 6:39 PM
Since the Jimmy Butler trade, things have not gone well for the Heat. Can the Heat find a way out of this rough patch? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… “We can’t just cough up this season.” – 6:39 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
NEW: Since the Jimmy Butler trade, things have not gone well for the Heat. Can the Heat find a way out of this rough patch? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Erik Spoelstra: “If we just keep on forging ahead, I do believe there’s something beautiful on the other side.” – 1:52 PM
NEW: Since the Jimmy Butler trade, things have not gone well for the Heat. Can the Heat find a way out of this rough patch? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Erik Spoelstra: “If we just keep on forging ahead, I do believe there’s something beautiful on the other side.” – 1:52 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
The locker room Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield back-and-forth has become a nightly occurrence. Here’s Butler trying to make Hield spell ‘connector’ pic.x.com/nQBME8JHPf – 1:21 AM
The locker room Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield back-and-forth has become a nightly occurrence. Here’s Butler trying to make Hield spell ‘connector’ pic.x.com/nQBME8JHPf – 1:21 AM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
That’s a fifth straight Warriors win. Tenth straight with Jimmy Butler in lineup. They’re 37-28, nine games above .500 to tie previous high-water mark of the season: 12-3 in November.
Gary Payton II: career-high 26 points
Buddy Hield: 20 points, six 3s
Butler: Triple-double – 12:23 AM
That’s a fifth straight Warriors win. Tenth straight with Jimmy Butler in lineup. They’re 37-28, nine games above .500 to tie previous high-water mark of the season: 12-3 in November.
Gary Payton II: career-high 26 points
Buddy Hield: 20 points, six 3s
Butler: Triple-double – 12:23 AM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Tyler Herro’s usage rate spiked to 30.5% in February after Jimmy Butler’s departure. It marked the first time in Herro’s NBA career that he finished a month with a usage rate over 30% miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Herro is accepting the challenge, but admits it hasn’t been easy – 3:41 PM
Tyler Herro’s usage rate spiked to 30.5% in February after Jimmy Butler’s departure. It marked the first time in Herro’s NBA career that he finished a month with a usage rate over 30% miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Herro is accepting the challenge, but admits it hasn’t been easy – 3:41 PM
More on this storyline
Jimmy Butler wanted to be traded because he felt the Heat were moving in a direction without him in mind and he wanted to be more valued, sources said. The four-time NBA All-Star ended up asking for a trade from the Heat in his seventh season with the franchise. From 2019 to 2025, Butler led the Heat to NBA Finals appearances in 2020 and 2023, averaged 21 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, and made two All-Star appearances. -via Andscape / March 13, 2025
The Butler trade had the oddity of being agreed to on Feb. 5 while the Warriors were on the road to play the Jazz. Both Curry and fellow Warriors star Draymond Green texted Butler at halftime to welcome him. Butler responded by telling Curry and Green to win the game, which the Warriors lost 131-128, and worry about him afterwards. But the sentiment of those texts certainly meant a lot to Butler. “Soon as we found out about the trade, we were getting ready for a game, but also just wanting him to know like, ‘Yo, we are looking forward to you getting here,” Green said. “It’s something that everyone’s kind of been anticipating, not necessarily that we ever knew it would be Jimmy Butler [coming]. But we knew it would be somebody of that magnitude and that we were going after. And so [it was] just kind of letting him know the excitement that we’re all looking forward to him joining.” -via Andscape / March 13, 2025
“I saw a group that wanted me to be a part of it,” Butler said. “That’s all you ever wanted to be is wanted in this life, not just in this league. In anything, you want to be wanted. Needed is like a necessity. Wanted is like somebody’s choosing to bring you aboard this. I think that’s the ultimate sign of respect. “I talked to both [Curry and Green], but I’ve talked to both of them for a while. But they said, ‘We can do something special. We need what you bring. The winning mentality, the hard nose on both sides of the ball.’ I think that’s what you want. That’s what they told me that I bring and I’m like, ‘Come on with it.’ ” -via Andscape / March 13, 2025