The Warriors may have gotten their long-sought-after trade target in Jimmy Butler, but they have come out of this blockbuster deal looking more “desperate” than ever.
As reporters dropped their analysis by way of podcast, the prevailing sentiment was that the Dubs must have felt forced to do something, and it got to the point where the team’s executive suite just dove headfirst into this move.
“The front office was always more interested than the people in the locker room and the coaching staff,” reporter Anthony Slater said of this trade on the “Warriors Plus Minus” podcast.