The Miami Heat are finalizing a trade to send Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors for Andrew Wiggins and a draft pick in a multiteam trade. Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, Es Baraheni, and Marcus Thompson react to how Jimmy Butler works with the Warriors, the locker room chemistry, and how Andrew Wiggins will do in Miami. Then, the crew discuss the other trades that happened today including Valanciunas to the Kings, Kyle Kuzma to the Bucks and more.Host: Dave DuFourWith: Es Baraheni, Zena Keita, & Marcus ThompsonExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson MoodyNBA TRADE DEADLINE BONANZAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNz-FEYRNnk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Good morning, everybody. It's an emergency pod, emergency podcast week. Jimmy Butler trade edition. Dave Dufour, Espera Henney, Zena Kata, Marcus Thompson. Marcus, you helped break the news. Jimmy Butler is now a Golden State Warrior. How the heck did this happen?
I guess if I could put it into one word, it would be desperation. Desperation. Actually, let's go with thirst. I like thirst. Thirst is a very all-encompassing word. Two thirsty parties. Jimmy hunting for a contract extension. He ends up getting $110 million guaranteed after this year. Which is not what he wanted, but, you know, better than nothing.
And the Warriors have been just absolutely desperate for somebody to put next to Steph. So much so, like, they didn't always want Jimmy. Like, Jimmy was not the apple of their eye. But sometimes... As Zena would never know, as you know, and I know you know, Dave, sometimes you just take whatever's left over in the club. You feel me?
That's not what we are running around here. Listen, well, you know, it's sort of like we talked about this the last time you were here, Marcus. You know, they were maybe in on Cam Johnson, and of course they were in on Paul George. They've been looking for this, like, wing type of guy who can create – You think about Jimmy Butler with these guys. They already kind of have shooting concerns.
I'm already thinking about the fit on the court, and it's not exactly the most seamless fit.
I mean, it's better than what they had. I mean, if we just really just pull back – And look at this. They were relying heavily on Dennis Schroeder and Buddy Heald. Like, that's what we were talking about. You know what I'm saying? And then they started 12-3, and it looked juicy, right? It looked good. But then at some point, it's Dennis Schroeder and Buddy Heald. Like, that's the reality.
So, obviously, Jimmy's not a three-point shooter. But to me, where he fits is – They just don't have dudes who could take two dribbles, get to a spot, and take a shot. They don't have that. They have it in Steph, but the other team is like, Steph, you're not shooting tonight, right? So Jimmy, if he just lives in the mid-range, he gives them another layer of offense that they just desperately need.
And plus, like... There's just something to be said about a star, man. If you guard Steph like they guard Steph, where they basically treat the rest of the team like a 24-hour fitness rec squad, Jimmy will torture you. That's what they needed. They needed somebody to say, how dare you guard me like this? I will embarrass your family. Jimmy might say that.
Jimmy's the guy who's like, you better not do this to me, and they just haven't had that. There are some issues, but there's just some fundamental things they lacked, and The best version of Jimmy definitely provides them. Marcus, I'm wondering about the – sorry, Zena.
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