Why Lacob is confident Butler’s Warriors tenure won’t go sideways

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Why Lacob is confident Butler’s Warriors tenure won’t go sideways originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Jimmy Butler has been no stranger to drama throughout the course of his 14-year NBA career, but the veteran forward appears to be happy with the Warriors since arriving via trade before the Feb. 6 deadline.

Golden State owner Joe Lacob doesn’t anticipate that honeymoon stage ending any time soon, either, despite Butler’s tendency to shake things up, for lack of a better term. The CEO told Tim Kawakami of The San Francisco Standard how his team decided to go through with a blockbuster trade with the Miami Heat for Butler, and it included plenty of research.

“I mean, I don’t know. I don’t know for sure, anything, but I feel pretty confident,” Lacob told Kawakami on “The TK Show” when asked if he’s sure Butler won’t cause issues with the Warriors. “I’ve talked to him since, a little bit, directly, and [general manager] Mike [Dunleavy] certainly has, and [Butler] seems really happy. And sure, can these things change? I guess. Jimmy has a little bit of a reputation for that. But, these are always two-way streets, so there’s always reasons for these things. …

“Let’s just say we did our homework, and we feel very confident that in this situation, this team, these players, our GM, that I think Jimmy will remain very happy. And of course, we’re all happy if we win, and right now we’ve been winning. So hopefully, if we’re right about what we project here, this should be a very happy marriage.”

Butler made three All-Star games, two All-Defensive teams and one All-NBA team with the Bulls, where he played with Dunleavy, after Chicago selected him No. 30 overall in the 2011 NBA Draft. But he was traded away despite his rise to stardom after clashing with the team’s younger players and then-coach Fred Hoiberg.

The Bulls dealt Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves in June 2017, but his time there was brief as he again ran into locker-room issues — including an infamous feud with Karl-Anthony Towns — and requested a trade. Minnesota sent Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers, where he…

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Publish date : 2025-02-26 20:31:00

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