{"id":50348,"date":"2025-04-06T09:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=50348"},"modified":"2025-04-06T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T09:38:15","slug":"warriors-steve-kerr-reveals-biggest-beneficiary-of-jimmy-butler-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=50348","title":{"rendered":"Warriors&#8217; Steve Kerr Reveals &#8216;Biggest Beneficiary&#8217; of Jimmy Butler Trade"},"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\/02\/GettyImages-2198465499_cbe87f-e1740442644237.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198465499_cbe87f-e1740442644237.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198465499_cbe87f-e1740442644237.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198465499_cbe87f-e1740442644237.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Warriors' Steve Kerr Reveals 'Biggest Beneficiary' of Jimmy Butler Trade\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Jimmy Butler of the Golden State Warriors looks on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry has been rejuvenated by the Jimmy Butler trade.<\/p>\n<p>But Curry isn\u2019t the biggest beneficiary of the trade, according to Golden State coach Steve Kerr.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s second-year guard Brandin Podziemski, who had just dropped 28 and 26 points, respectively in back-to-back big nights with the stakes never been higher at this time of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrandon is probably the biggest beneficiary of the Jimmy trade,\u201d Kerr told reporters after the Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 118-104 on Friday. \u201cThey have a really good connection together. Jimmy makes everybody better but he\u2019s especially making Brandon better.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Jimmy Butler\u2019s Impact on Brandin Podziemski<\/h2>\n<p>Before the Butler trade, Podziemski averaged 9.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 0.9 steals while shooting 42.2% from the field and 32.1% from the 3-point line in 39 games. Podziemski\u2019s production jumped in the 20 games that he played with Butler since the trade.<\/p>\n<p>Podziemski averaged 15.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals while shooting 46.7% from the field and 42.3% from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just playing with the confidence that comes with a second-year starting, playing 30-plus minutes every night,\u201d Kerr said of Podziemski. \u201cThe shots not always going to be there but it\u2019s going to be consistent over time. The way he\u2019s playing, the way he feels, he\u2019s a big-time player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So how is Butler making Podziemski better?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Jimmy makes the right play every single time,\u201d Kerr explained. \u201cHe draws attention. He never turns it over. They have a great connection \u2014 little two-man game \u2014 and they find each other. The game really flows with those two out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Podziemski has spent 500 minutes with Butler on the floor, which is only third behind Draymond Green (615 minutes with Butler) and Moses Moody (526 minutes with Butler).<\/p>\n<p>And guess what?<\/p>\n<p>The Podziemski-Butler two-man lineup trumped the Green and Moody combinations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NBA advanced stats, the Podziemski-Butler two-man lineup has generated a 16.3 net rating. The Green-Butler combo has an 11.5 net rating while the Butler-Moody two-man lineup generated a 7.9 net rating.<\/p>\n<h2>Warriors\u2019 Five-Man Puzzle<\/h2>\n<p>Butler has found his joy in the Bay Area, instilling confidence in the Warriors\u2019 young players and helping Curry and Green play meaningful basketball again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always fun to win. Don\u2019t get me wrong,\u201d Butler told reporters. \u201cBut it\u2019s always fun when BP is having a hell of a game. You expect it from Steph. QP (Quinten Post) can do it. JK (Jonathan Kuminga) does it. Moody doing it. Dray does it on both sides of the ball. So that\u2019s the best part of this game \u2014 when you see one of your teammates doing something incredible and you get to smile you get to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.<\/p>\n<p>The starting lineup of Curry, Podziemski, Butler, Moody and Green are 14-0 while Post and Kuminga have embraced their roles in the second unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talk about it all the time,\u201d Kerr said of the Warriors\u2019 new death lineup. \u201cIt\u2019s a puzzle. It\u2019s a five-man puzzle and we\u2019ve found a really good starting group. We found something that\u2019s working and it\u2019s clicking and the guys are playing with the resulting confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover how the Jimmy Butler trade impacts the Golden State Warriors and boosts one particular teammate&#8217;s performance this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50348","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>Warriors&#039; Steve Kerr Reveals &#039;Biggest Beneficiary&#039; of Jimmy Butler Trade - 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=50348\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warriors&#039; 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