Upon Jimmy Butler’s acquisition by the Golden State Warriors, it was easy to envision him running a plethora of two-man actions with Steph Curry, given how Butler has previously shown how well he can play off of smaller teammates, both as a screener and as a ball handler. The latter is of particular note — Butler’s ability to handle the ball and make sound decisions dictates that actions involving a smaller teammate screening for him in “inverted” pick-and-roll setups should be a regular part of the diet.
Previous possessions of Butler running inverted pick-and-rolls with Kyle Lowry in Miami are evidence of such:
Of course, the Golden State Warriors are no strangers to the concept of the inverted pick-and-roll, having run it plenty of times with Curry as the screener for bigger ball-handling wings such as Jonathan Kuminga and Andrew Wiggins.