The drama in South Florida seems to have ended.
The complete report at this time is broken down as follows:
•Golden State Warriors Received: Jimmy Butler
•Detroit Pistons Received: Lindy Waters, Josh Richardson
• Miami Heat Received: Andrew Wiggins, PJ Tucker, 2025 First Round Draft Pick (via Golden State – Top 10 Protected)
•Utah Jazz Acceptance: Dennis Schroder
Original reports led the Toronto Raptors to acquire Kyle Anderson as part of the deal. However, Sportsnet’s Michael Grange Report Anderson won’t end up in Toronto. Charania then reported that the Raptors’ trade partially failed.
The deal ended a two-month tension between Butler and the Heat – resulting in three separate suspensions, the last of which was uncertain. The conflict between the two sides has been brewing for some time, due to the lack of contracts in the summer. In the 2024-25 season, all NBAERs were inked for five times, with $52 million in player options next year.
According to reports, part of his move to the Bay Area includes a new two-year extension of $121 million to 2026-27, according to Charania and Brian Windhorst of ESPN.
Butler, 35, spent his last five and a half seasons in Miami after signing with the Heat in 2019, eventually leading the team to two finals. Once it became clear, Heat President Pat Riley would not make a profitable new deal with Butler, who has been reportedly demanding a quiet deal before making a formal trade request in early January A few weeks.
In this year’s Heat game, Butler averaged 17.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per night, the lowest number since he joined Miami. Butler’s role has also been reduced in the weeks of his suspension and final trade – his minimum 30.6 minutes per game since his sophomore season – and he even rode a quarter of the bench The third quarter, without participation time, crime.
When Care paused him for the third time, they issued a statement explaining: “Continuously ignoring the pattern of team rules is harmful to the team and intentionally withholding services. This includes getting out of practice earlier today.”
Before things get more and more romantic relationships, Butler has made it clear what he wants, no matter his next landing point.
“I want to see me get my joy from playing basketball,” Butler explained the day before his first suspension. “I’m happy (in Miami) off the court (Miami), but I want to go back to where it’s dominant. I want basketball, I want to help this team win. Now, I’m not doing that.”
Of course, Hot-Butler’s marriage isn’t always bad. Butler arrived, filling Dwyane Wade’s position as the team’s star, i.e. the face of the team. He even got Wade’s front locker space. He was two All-Star Games in Miami, brought HEAT to the NBA Finals in 2020, then became the No. 8 seed in 2023, and participated in some epic playoff performances. The Heat have 18 games with 40 points in playoff history. Butler is in charge of eight of them, including 56 goals against Milwaukee in 2023.
He ranks third in the playoff scoring list in team history, behind Wade and LeBron James. Butler was last seen as a member of the Heat, in the Padel Championship on January 25, which was actually his farewell to Miami.
He said, “I love this city.”
Butler is now joining his fifth roster in his 15-year NBA career. The Houston native initially spent his first six years with the Bulls in Chicago, before joining Miami for a brief stint with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Philadelphia 76ers.
He joined the Warriors, joining Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, two players who have been part of all four of the most recent Golden State Championship teams, Hope to win the championship again.
– Documents with the Associated Press
