Is Jimmy Butler of the Warriors too altruistic? He preaches patience with a new team: “When it’s my time, you will know”

There was not much for Fans of Golden State Warriors to complain in the past six weeks.

The team has a 14-2 sheet since its achievement Nba Fifth best offense and second defense during this period. Stephen Curry, who looked in tatters and beaten while trying to drag the warriors to the playoffs, seems to be rejuvenated, with an average of 28.6 points, six assists and four rebounds since the trade on the stock markets 49/41/92. DUB Nation goes up high.

But if there is a nitpick – a small, a small worm of pessimism that prevents Warriors fans from fully embracing their championship hopes – that’s this: Jimmy Butler, for any reason, seems to hate the shooting of the edge.

This does not remove anything from Butler. Everything he does clearly works and has worked for about the duration of his decorated 14 years Nba career. When you see it, however, it is difficult not to be at least slightly concerned.

Here is Butler, free in the middle of the painting after a beautiful spin movement to divide two defenders, faced with the antithesis of a rim protector at Sacramento Kings Big Man Trey Lyles, and he decides to launch him to Gary Payton II, a 30% 3 -point shooter.

And it’s not just one-off. Butler does it all the time. It is a beautiful basketball when he draws several defenders and launched an open shooter. But most often that you do not expect, Butler transmits attempts at close range at the edge in favor of a difficult pass to a semi-covered shooter.

The data support him. Butler goes much more with the Warriors than with heat, and we are not only talking about assists.

Part of this increase can be attributed to the Warriors ball ball style, but it is also sure that Butler has looked for teammates much more than his own shot since he joined the team. This is what the Warriors coach Steve Kerr took up Butler in the very first match he trained him.

“I am very impressed by his death,” said Kerr after the beginnings of Butler’s Warriors. “His pass changes everything, connects the game. And he does it anywhere. He will plunge to the job, catch him there, or he will pass the dribble, or he will just make the swing fast.”

Indeed, Butler’s vision leads to many Golden State opportunities throughout the game – no one doubts it. But sometimes it seems to be a bit Also Altrongé, especially when the situation requires selfishness.

Take, for example, this play at the end of the Warriors’ victory over the Pistons de Detroit earlier this month. With his team at once by one and less than a minute in the game, Butler uses a choice of curry to obtain a change and blows in front of the new defender. Then, the only player in his own way is Cade Cunningham, not exactly a fire blocker, and he is still in a semi-sitting position with a foot outside the paint. With Butler’s strength and athletics, he should be able to put this bucket in his sleep.

Instead, he starts on a wide quinten position, a 3 -point shooting game, but also a recruit that has only started to get significant minutes. Post Airball the blow, giving the pistons a chance to take the lead in possession that followed.

Again, there is nothing wrong with this decision, and you can say that it is the right game to make. But in this situation, with Butler having a slightly contested Layup opportunity, you would like him to go to the rim and saw if he can get a basket and / or take a fault – which is so fit to do.

After Saturday’s victory against New York Knicks, Butler discussed the balance between the search for his own shot and the establishment of teammates.

“I’m not just a marker. I can score it if I want it,” said Butler. “I can take the most difficult blows from the most difficult blows if I wanted, and nobody will never say anything. But I want to imply everyone. I want to put the guys in their place.”

During the regular season, it is good to have people like Payton, Post and Moses Moody as a recipient of Butler’s Dime of penetration. But in the playoffs, the teams will invite these passes as part of the match plan, daring these players to beat them. Fear is that Butler, having obtained muscle memory to lower the shots in the paint, will be by default these kicks. And when he finally decides to take them, maybe his capacity for contact and finish will not be exactly clear.

Butler has already fought around the edge with the Warriors, pulling only 54%, which places it in the 26th centile according to Synergy Sports. This is not exactly a new trend either, because it pulled 58% around the basket with the heat last season.

That said, the reputation of the after-season hero better known as the Jimmy Buckets speaks of himself. He almost led the Heat alone to the appearances in the NBA final in 2020 and 2023, and has an average of 27 points per match in each of his last two eliminatory points. Butler urged Warriors fans not to worry about the early penchant for the passage, assuring them that his score will appear as soon as the bat signal is unleashed.

“When it’s my time, you will know it’s my time,” said Butler. “Until then, I’m going to pass the ball to open, get my guys, take them out in transition and we will continue to win.”