{"id":40826,"date":"2025-03-08T10:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T10:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=40826"},"modified":"2025-03-08T10:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T10:12:58","slug":"nba-scout-in-awe-over-warriors-jimmy-butler-no-one-will-want-to-play-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=40826","title":{"rendered":"NBA Scout in Awe Over Warriors\u2019 Jimmy Butler: \u2018No One Will Want to Play Them\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2201552451-e1741423670590.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2201552451-e1741423670590.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2201552451-e1741423670590.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2201552451-e1741423670590.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"NBA Scout in Awe Over Warriors' Jimmy Butler: 'No One Will Want to Play Them'\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Photo by Thearon W. Henderson\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Butler, Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since acquiring Jimmy Butler ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline, the Golden State Warriors are 12-2 with him in the lineup. The veteran forward drastically improved Steve Kerr\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>In his 12 games for the Warriors, Butler is averaging 17.1 points, 5 rebounds and 5.4 assists. According to a scout who spoke to ESPN\u2019s Tim Bontemps, Butler\u2019s addition to the Warriors will mean that no team will want to see them in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one will want to play them in the playoffs,\u201d the scout said. \u201cJimmy with fresh legs and motivation \u2026 honeymoon-phase Jimmy is a motherf****r\u2026People way too quickly forgot what Jimmy Butler can do. He\u2019s not a franchise player in that he doesn\u2019t do it in the regular season, but when it comes to the playoffs, he\u2019s a franchise player. He\u2019s a superstar when you need to be winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butler\u2019s presence has also helped elevate those around him. His ability to pressure the rim, provide secondary creation, and play lockdown defense against multiple positions has opened up the offense. If the Warriors continue to show improvement with Butler in the rotation, they could make some noise once the playoffs begin.<\/p>\n<h2>Draymond Green Shares Secret to Butler\u2019s Hot Start<\/h2>\n<p>During a Feb. 21 postgame news conference following the Warriors\u2019 132-108 win over the Sacramento Kings, Draymond Green explained why Butler has been able to hit the ground running. Green also credited Stephen Curry\u2018s leadership and the role it played in allowing Butler to slot into the Warriors system quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe secret to success here is that no one who has come here has had to be anyone other than who they are,\u201d Green said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s due to having a leader like Steph Curry. You have a face of the franchise like Steph Curry, who is inviting as he is, then everyone else has to fall in line. So, when people come here, they feel comfortable being themselves. Because he\u2019s never going to try to have you be anything opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019re still early into Butler\u2019s tenure in the Bay Area, it\u2019s clear that he could be the missing piece to the team\u2019s chances of giving Curry and Green their fifth championship ring.<\/p>\n<h2>Warriors\u2019 Warned of Butler Partnership<\/h2>\n<p>During a recent appearance on the \u2018Steiny and Guru\u2019 show for 95.7 The Game, NBA.com senior writer Steve Aschburner sent the Warriors a warning over their decision to acquire Butler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnjoy the honeymoon,\u201d Aschburner said. \u201c\u2026This gets down to the situation of are you going to believe what he says about the fifth wife? Are you going to believe how it worked out with all the first four wives? I think that Jimmy Butler is \u2014 I don\u2019t know how to say this \u2014 he sort of burns through relationships, seems to me, and I was around him quite a lot when he was in Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Golden State knew the risk when it acquired Butler. However, if his addition leads to another championship, then the front office\u2019s roll of the dice will prove to be a success.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Curry and Green are entering the twilight of their careers, and the goal was to remain competitive, and adding Butler has helped the franchise do just that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA scout believes Jimmy Butler has taken the Golden State Warriors to new heights and no team will want to face them in the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBA Scout in Awe Over Warriors\u2019 Jimmy Butler: \u2018No One Will Want to Play Them\u2019 - 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