{"id":43933,"date":"2025-03-17T09:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=43933"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:19:37","slug":"jimmy-butler-sends-ominous-warning-that-should-scare-warriors-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=43933","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Butler sends ominous warning that should scare Warriors rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">Jimmy knows his time is coming&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_90,w_6000,h_3375\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/41\/01jpepgx4rtb692gpzzx.jpg\" alt=\"Sacramento Kings v Golden State Warriors\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The Golden State Warriors continued their winning ways on Saturday night, having moved to 14-1 with Jimmy Butler after a hard-fought 97-94 victory over the New York Knicks at Chase Center.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">It wasn&#8217;t the most fluid performance from the Warriors offensively, and particularly from Butler as the 6x All-Star was limited to just 11 points on 3-of-11 shooting in the three-point win.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-2\">Jimmy Butler has sent an ominous warning after another underwhelming scoring performance<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Butler&#8217;s impact on Golden State has been undeniable, yet he&#8217;s done that without having been at his best from a purely scoring standpoint. The 35-year-old is now averaging 16.4 points on 44.2% shooting (22.2% from 3-point range) in 15 games with the Warriors &#8212; that&#8217;s the lowest of his career since 2013-14 with the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">The lack of aggressiveness has been an intriguing discussion point surrounding Butler. It&#8217;s not necessarily a criticism because Golden State&#8217;s record with him has been so fantastic, but there&#8217;s also a widely acknowledged view that the team is going to need more from Butler when it ultimately matters most.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Butler seemingly knows that and isn&#8217;t worried, sending an ominous warning to potential playoff rivals in stating <em>&#8220;you&#8217;ll know it&#8217;s my time&#8221; <\/em>in regard to his individual scoring after Saturday&#8217;s win over the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\"><em>\u201cWhen it&#8217;s my time, you&#8217;ll know it&#8217;s my time,&#8221;<\/em> Butler told Anthony Slater of The Athletic. <em>&#8220;Until then, I&#8217;m going to pass the ball to the open man, get my guys some jumpers, get them out in transition and we gonna keep winning.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">The veteran forward averaged at least 19.9 points in his previous five years with the Miami Heat, while he&#8217;s also averaged 27.4 points and 26.9 points in each of his last two playoff runs which included a trip to the NBA Finals in 2023 (after his first in 2020).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Butler did have seven assists against the Knicks, taking his average with Golden State to 5.9 &#8212; his best since a career-high 7.1 in 2020-21. His ability to make his teammates better has been a notable highlight, with the likes of Moses Moody, Brandin Podziemski and even superstar teammate Stephen Curry all playing their best basketball of the season over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">With Jonathan Kuminga needing to re-integrate and find his confidence after a long injury absence, it&#8217;s likely that Golden State&#8217;s newest star will continue feeding his teammates. Yet as Butler himself points out, there will come a time (most likely in the playoffs) where the Warriors need his scoring capability.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden State Warriors continued their winning ways on Saturday night, having moved to 14-1 with Jimmy Butler after a hard-fought 97-94 victory over the New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43933","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>Jimmy Butler sends ominous warning that should scare Warriors rivals - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=43933\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jimmy Butler sends ominous warning that should scare Warriors rivals - 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