It only took five games for the Golden State Warriors and new star Jimmy Butler to get ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith to change his tune about the blockbuster trade’s impact.
The morning after the trade, Smith tried to downplay how much Butler would help the Warriors on “First Take,” saying he was refusing to call it a “mega-deal” and effectively downplaying its impact.
But on Sunday’s “NBA Countdown” pregame show ahead of a slate of games that included Warriors-Mavericks, Smith had host Malika Andrews guffawing when he stumbled over how he was wrong about the Butler move for the Dubs.