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Kristen Wong

Draymond Green Gave Jimmy Butler a Word of Caution Amid Warriors Trade Talks

Draymond Green interviews Jimmy Butler after the 2022 NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. | Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

The Golden State Warriors are reportedly still looking to make a big move ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline with one of their most rumored targets being Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler.

Butler told the Warriors on Sunday that he would refuse to sign a long-term extension in Golden State if he were to be traded there, seemingly putting an emphatic period to trade talks between the Warriors and the Heat. Yet, chatter resumed a day later when The Athletic’s Anthony Slater revealed that the Warriors believe “they are still firmly in the mix for Butler.”

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