The Golden State Warriors transformed their team at the NBA trade deadline, acquiring Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat in exchange for key rotation players Andrew Wiggins and Kyle Anderson. Butler was able to suit up in his new uniform for four games before the All-Star break hit,

“Before Butler arrived, Green had a standing request of the team’s front office that he deemed vital to their renaissance: Go get another “a–hole,” as one team source described it,” the two wrote. “Another fiery, two-way talent like him who would say what needed to be said at all times and compete on the knife’s edge on both ends of the floor.”