The Golden State Warriors made one of the boldest moves of the NBA trade deadline by acquiring Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat. For a team still trying to maximize the final years of Stephen Curry, Butler’s arrival brings a battle-tested,

The marriage between Jimmy Butler and the Warriors already is a mutually beneficial partnership. Granted, it’s a small two-game sample size, but the veteran forward’s addition paid dividends for Golden State in its two wins over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday and the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.

"I go back to the Jimmy I knew in Marquette, the Jimmy I knew in Chicago at first before he became an All-Star Jimmy, the Jimmy that is just like a wild dog off the leash because he can now just be Jimmy.