NBA experts evaluate Warriors’ deal with Suns – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

The Jimmy Butler acquisition of the Warriors was one of the most famous transactions of the NBA during a hectic trade week.

In addition to the landing of Butler, the Warriors also signed the 35-year-old star for an extension of two years by $ 112 million.

The experts rated the Golden State trade, which Andrew Wiggin sent to Miami Heat in an exchange for the five-time all-NBA striker:

Warrior: B-minus

The missions for Butler in the bay are simple: Lift the Warriors out of a violent fight to make the game tournament and give Stephen Curry another playoff run while still performing at an all-star level. “

“… Butler’s statistical downturn in this season-von 20.8 ppg to 17.0, its lowest average since 2013 to 2014, more motivation than falling skills at the age of 35.

“At the moment, Butler can raise a Warriors defense that was good but not a championship quality. The Golden State is the ninth defensive value after fourth place during the 12: 3 start. Part of it was on the non-sustainable 3- Points opponents. .

“Butler will be the most recent attempt by the Golden State to find a certain offensive with Curry on the bench. In the course of the season, her offensive is with him, but not curry was only slightly better and ranked in the 12th percentile.

“If the warriors can escape the west of the West and make the playoffs by either climbing into the top 6 or through the play-in tournament,” Playoff Jimmy “gives you a reasonable chance of drawing one or two disorders.” – Kevin Pelton

Warrior: B

“This is a modest price to pay for a power wing that still has this superstar equipment. Anderson’s contract has turned into a slight negative territory, and Schröder’s passport and has become a bankable floor writer than butler, but Jimmy has it as a self-body and table server and probably defender.

“To get someone who is sitting the offensive when Stephen Curry sits.

“By the way: So much for Butler, who does not want to be able-or an extension with gold state. Bankrolling of a maximum deal that goes through his season at the age of 37. Can, and immediately critical, when things are in the stomach, the organization has not exhausted its asset amplifier.

Warrior: B-Plus

“The Warriors get a committed butler, and a fiancee 35-year-old Butler can still produce offensive and defensive. Butler was a hot topic, and maybe Butler was never from the golden state, what is, what, what, what, what is.

This season, Butler had a reduced role in the heat when Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro became offensive. Butler still produced fixed statistics with an average of 17.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.1 steals, while shooting 54% out of the field, 36.1% on 3-zerner and 80.1% for free throws. He will play a larger offensive role with Golden State. And his crime with 19th place has to be improved.

Butler will also help the defense of Warriors No. 9. The 10 warriors are 25-24 and fight for a post-season place in the west. After a promising 12-3 start, the warriors are 13-21. “-Jeff Zillgitt

Warrior: B-Plus

“So we start with the basketball component. Despite Butler’s weaknesses, he is not only a very good basketball player, but also one that does things that the warriors urgently need to Stephen Curry, but he lacks the current warrior in the NBA in the Color.

“Obviously, Butler’s playoff -success balance sheet beyond the accusation. He remains a very good and very versatile defender. The combination of him and draymond green unlock practically every scheme or matchup that Steve Kerr may want to use. While no insult in the NBA is like passionate and movement as Golden State’s, Miami’s egalitarian system is about as close as possible.

“And then there is still the costs. The protected selection of warriors in the first round that the warriors gave up Nothing. If the draft were tomorrow, it would be in the lottery in No. 14 -slot. However, they would assume that Butler will make warriors better and not worse, so that the selection will probably fall at least in the middle of the first round, and given the narrow Western conference, it is not the possibility that this is not It hits the low 20s.

“Andrew Wiggins is admittedly a loss, but Butler obviously fulfills chic for him. Schroder was bad for the warriors at almost every front. An isolation car, he just didn’t fit in Golden State’s motion offense. Lindy Waters is a rather interchangeable deep bench player.

… the warriors still have a long way to go. You have a faulty squad and are currently sitting in the Western Conference in number 10. But this trade was the best chance to make any noise this season, and you did well to complete it. ” – Sam Quinn

Warrior: A

“The Warriors get a player who comes in and immediately fits their DNA. Butler agreed to reject his player option for the next season and to sign a two-year extension worth $ 121 million To lock up Warriors – probably – until it is time for retirement.

“Butler will give the Warriors an impressive defense and game presence as well as a shearer who can consistently get to the free-wire line and create in half place.

“Butler’s game usually rises in the playoffs, and since the Warriors hope for another championship run, you should make it comfortable with the 6-foot 7 wing, who is now the clear, second best player on the team behind Curry.

“The fact that Jonathan Kuminga, who was not part of the deal, is in Golden State is a great victory for head coach Steve Kerr and his troops and enables the Warriors to achieve a young second unit.

“If there is a franchise that can master all kinds of different personalities, it is a golden state, which means that the warriors are strong and above all on site after this takeover. This gives them an A.” – Morten stig Jensen

Warrior: B

The interest of the Golden State in Butler started in summer, but the price at that time was too high. The one that it paid is pretty low.

It is difficult to move Wiggins when he had recaptured some of the magic from his all-star season 2022 and played well on both sides of the floor. But he had to be the right salary in every big trade, and Butler is clearly the better player between the two.

Moving only one of the two picks of the team’s first round is a pretty nice piece of negotiation from Mike Dunleavy. It is even better to get protection for this selection. Golden State also had to stick to all his young prospects, including Jonathan Kuminga.

Butler can still harass himself for his preferred areas on the ground. He is a good moderator and great in the line. He is a streaking shooter, but this year he will meet 36.1 percent. He is also great in the clutch and gives the Warriors the versatility of versatility at the end of the games they missed. His playoff heroes are the stuff of legends.

If you give butler the contract extension, it makes it difficult to swallow from the warriors’ side. There is such a high potential that this is bad. If Butler’s value was so low, how will it be for more money in a longer -term deal if it is even older? But two years that was the maximum extension length for which it was justified is manageable.

Overall, this gives the Warriors much more upside down and the chance of maximizing Curry’s last seasons in which he plays at an all-NBA level. You cannot really deny the Golden State too much for this approach.

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