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Jimmy Butler has kept the Warriors\u2019 locker room in fun and often hilarious spirits despite being traded to the Warriors on Feb. 5 with undesirable labels attached to his name due to an ugly ending with the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n Jimmy Butler has kept the Warriors\u2019 locker room in fun and often hilarious spirits despite being traded to the Warriors on Feb. 5 with undesirable labels attached to his name due to an ugly ending with the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n
He showed his unique team-building skills when putting Buddy Hield on blast following the Warriors\u2019 95-85 Game 1 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday at Toyota Center in the 2025 Western Conference first-round playoffs, shamelessly sharing with the media an area of Hield\u2019s game that must be improved.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Buddy \u2026 stop trying to dribble the ball; I hate that,\u201d Butler said with hints of humor and seriousness.<\/p>\n Hield didn\u2019t have an assist or turnover in Golden State\u2019s win, but his dribbling skills worried Butler at times, which is fair. Hield is known as a catch-and-shoot specialist and career 39.7-percent 3-point shooter, and not as a\u00a0Steph Curry-type of playmaker.<\/p>\n The moment was just one of many between Butler and Hield as the two continuously have poked fun at each other since Golden State\u2019s blockbuster trade with Miami.<\/p>\n On March 10, reporters asked Butler what he thought about Hield calling him a \u201cconnector,\u201d and Butler humorously answered by saying, \u201cDon\u2019t listen to nothing Buddy says \u2026 ever,\u201d before making Hield spell out \u201cconnector\u201d in front of the media, which Hield did incorrectly.<\/p>\n Find the latest Golden State Warriors news, highlights, analysis and more with NBC Sports Bay Area and California.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Hield got back at Butler on March 20 \u2013 after Butler posted 16 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in Golden State\u2019s 117-114 win over the Toronto Raptors \u2013 by claiming Butler had a \u201cfake-ass triple-double.\u201d<\/p>\n Butler also has made fun of Hield\u2019s first name, believing it should be spelled \u201cB-u-d-d-i-e,\u201d since \u201cB-u-d-d-y\u201d is \u201cstupid.\u201d<\/p>\n No matter how many joking shots these two take at one another, it’s clear it’s all love between the teammates — but Hield might want to reassess his dribbling before Game 2.<\/p>\n Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jimmy Butler put Buddy Hield on blast over his dribbling in the Golden State Warriors\u2019 95-85 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday in Game 1 of the 2025 Western Conference first round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":55241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[98,146],"class_list":["post-55238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-buddy-hield","tag-jimmy-butler"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\nGolden State Warriors<\/h3>\n
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