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The Golden State Warriors will look to build off an incredible second half run from last season into the upcoming 2025-26 season.
The Warriors were one of the best teams in the league in the second half of the season, and that was partly due to the addition of Jimmy Butler. Butler was traded to the Bay Area prior to the 2025 NBA trade deadline in what was a massive deal from the Miami Heat.
Now, Butler will enter his first full season with the Warriors. However, if you ask Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report, he believes Butler will be the biggest ‘faller’ for the Warriors this upcoming season.
“Butler was better with the Warriors than he was with the Heat last season, and he was undeniably a part of the team’s late-season friskiness. His mere presence on the floor coerced teammates to cut and imbued the whole operation with a badly needed steadiness.
“If you watched him closely last year, you also noticed undeniable signs of physical decline. He’d routinely get near the bucket and pump fake several times in search of a foul because he didn’t trust his vertical lift. Defensively, he surrendered blow-by drives a little more often than was comfortable.
“Butler may still perform at a fringe All-Star level, and he’s going to make the Warriors a better team than they’d be without him. But he’s also entering his age-36 season looking like a guy who’s racked up a lot of brutal miles.”
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