Butler shows he’s everything Warriors weren’t in debut vs. Bulls

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Butler shows he’s everything Warriors weren’t in debut vs. Bulls originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

CHICAGO – The wrong questions were being asked about Jimmy Butler and how he would fit the Warriors’ offense in Steve Kerr’s system. All it took was the first three possessions of Saturday night’s 132-111 comeback win against the Chicago Bulls at United Center for Butler, who hadn’t played a game in two and a half weeks, to showcase he’s everything the Warriors weren’t before acquiring him in his team debut.

“He’s like the exact opposite of me, which is funny,” Steph Curry said. “I shot 16 threes, he shot one. He got to the free-throw line a lot. He’s dominating the paint, I’m dominating outside the perimeter. Guys are working around us. It has the potential to be really fun.”

Curry has played for one team his entire 16-year NBA career. Butler now is on his fifth team in his 14th season. Frustrations from Curry have been felt and seen throughout the Warriors’ up-and-down 2024-25 NBA season, though he’s the last one to cause a scene. There’s no reason to rehash how Butler’s time with the Miami Heat ended, or his previous stops along his career.

That story has been written. A new chapter began where it all started for the Warriors’ newest star.

“They say opposites attract in a lot of ways in life,” Butler said. “I don’t think I could be a better complement to him, and vice versa, in the sense that they’re not leaving him – ever. Probably two people will never leave him, so there’s so much space for everybody else. I get the easy job playing 1-on-1 where I’m playing so much in space. And then everybody’s looking for him and looking for him and looking to get him open.

“At the same time, he’s looking for everybody else. It’s so great to play with somebody like that.”

Behind a 24-point third-quarter flurry that shifted the tides in the Warriors’ favor, Curry scored a game-high 34 points on 10-of-19 shooting. Curry made eight 3-pointers on 16 attempts and was 6 of 8 at the free-throw line, a rare night of multiple misses at the charity stripe.

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Publish date : 2025-02-08 22:38:00

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