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Marcus Thompson

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The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

24 points, nine assists, rebounds, couple steals. And they're not going to win. Right. And it was like, where's playoff Jimmy, right? And like, that's what I'm like, yo, do you, The reputation that you have is, I will will this team to win. I will will a team of unsigned draft picks and G-leaguers to win.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

He's in Minnesota where the whole storyline was, give me the third string and I'm going to cook your starters and talk trash the whole time. So to me, I was more like... Like now it's obviously a great reputation to have. Like you're basically like Mel Gibson and Braveheart, like a basketball, right? It's like, you know, you're John Snow of the league. He's William Wallace, actually. Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

He's in Minnesota where the whole storyline was, give me the third string and I'm going to cook your starters and talk trash the whole time. So to me, I was more like... Like now it's obviously a great reputation to have. Like you're basically like Mel Gibson and Braveheart, like a basketball, right? It's like, you know, you're John Snow of the league. He's William Wallace, actually. Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

He's in Minnesota where the whole storyline was, give me the third string and I'm going to cook your starters and talk trash the whole time. So to me, I was more like... Like now it's obviously a great reputation to have. Like you're basically like Mel Gibson and Braveheart, like a basketball, right? It's like, you know, you're John Snow of the league. He's William Wallace, actually. Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

But now they kind of like need you to do that on call, like on cue. So it's like, how is that? And he's saying he can't do it if it gets to that. But increasingly, it looks like he and that's a different like Warriors basketball is. If it's not Steph getting 30, it's the terror of Steph getting 30 that opens other people up.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

But now they kind of like need you to do that on call, like on cue. So it's like, how is that? And he's saying he can't do it if it gets to that. But increasingly, it looks like he and that's a different like Warriors basketball is. If it's not Steph getting 30, it's the terror of Steph getting 30 that opens other people up.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

But now they kind of like need you to do that on call, like on cue. So it's like, how is that? And he's saying he can't do it if it gets to that. But increasingly, it looks like he and that's a different like Warriors basketball is. If it's not Steph getting 30, it's the terror of Steph getting 30 that opens other people up.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

And I think he needs to get to 30, 40 to create the terror that opens everything up. Now, the more likelihood based on where he is in his career and in this season, he needs some other people to get going to open it up so he can get to 30 and 40. And maybe he's sitting at 22 and he closes strong. But he's not getting that.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

And I think he needs to get to 30, 40 to create the terror that opens everything up. Now, the more likelihood based on where he is in his career and in this season, he needs some other people to get going to open it up so he can get to 30 and 40. And maybe he's sitting at 22 and he closes strong. But he's not getting that.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

And I think he needs to get to 30, 40 to create the terror that opens everything up. Now, the more likelihood based on where he is in his career and in this season, he needs some other people to get going to open it up so he can get to 30 and 40. And maybe he's sitting at 22 and he closes strong. But he's not getting that.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

Like, he needs some other guys to get going to, like, oh, open up this lane. And now they can't focus so much on Jimmy. But it might have to be the other way. It might have to be, like, I'm going to bully 40. I think game three has got to be that. And then hopefully Pajemski makes some shots and, you know, other guys make some shots. It's a tough ask for it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

Like, he needs some other guys to get going to, like, oh, open up this lane. And now they can't focus so much on Jimmy. But it might have to be the other way. It might have to be, like, I'm going to bully 40. I think game three has got to be that. And then hopefully Pajemski makes some shots and, you know, other guys make some shots. It's a tough ask for it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

Like, he needs some other guys to get going to, like, oh, open up this lane. And now they can't focus so much on Jimmy. But it might have to be the other way. It might have to be, like, I'm going to bully 40. I think game three has got to be that. And then hopefully Pajemski makes some shots and, you know, other guys make some shots. It's a tough ask for it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

The part that I don't understand about this team that drives me crazy is No, nothing tells you you have to go to the restricted area. They're pressing out so far on the ball, right? So they're passing on the perimeter, like 30 feet out, trying to do dribble handoffs. And then Rudy's at the rim. You know what that means, Zena?

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

The part that I don't understand about this team that drives me crazy is No, nothing tells you you have to go to the restricted area. They're pressing out so far on the ball, right? So they're passing on the perimeter, like 30 feet out, trying to do dribble handoffs. And then Rudy's at the rim. You know what that means, Zena?

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

The part that I don't understand about this team that drives me crazy is No, nothing tells you you have to go to the restricted area. They're pressing out so far on the ball, right? So they're passing on the perimeter, like 30 feet out, trying to do dribble handoffs. And then Rudy's at the rim. You know what that means, Zena?

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

All right. You're like, they're driving in the middle and then jumping in the air. And it's like, Oh, where do I go now? When you drive in, take the pull up.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

All right. You're like, they're driving in the middle and then jumping in the air. And it's like, Oh, where do I go now? When you drive in, take the pull up.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

All right. You're like, they're driving in the middle and then jumping in the air. And it's like, Oh, where do I go now? When you drive in, take the pull up.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The Warriors need Playoff Jimmy Butler

And dudes who just, quite frankly, aren't that good at ISO. I was about to say.