Just two weeks from the NBA’s Feb. 5 trade deadline, the Warriors are in a predicament.
Jimmy Butler, Golden State’s best scorer not named Steph Curry, suffered a torn ACL in Monday’s game against the Heat and will miss the rest of the season. This is a devastating blow right before the trade deadline. The Warriors now have to get out of the no man’s land that is the Western Conference’s play-in conversation—and ultimately avoid a potential first-round matchup with the Thunder or an early exit altogether—without Butler’s 20 points per game.
