The five-team blockbuster sending Jimmy Butler from the Heat to the Warriors is now official, according to press releases from multiple clubs involved in the trade. The terms of the deal, which also includes the Jazz, Pistons, and Raptors, are as follows:
Warriors acquire Butler.- Heat acquire Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson, Davion Mitchell, and the Warriors’ 2025 first-round pick (top-10 protected).
- Pistons acquire Dennis Schröder, Lindy Waters, and either the Warriors’ or Timberwolves’ 2031 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable; from Warriors).
- Jazz acquire KJ Martin, Josh Richardson, a 2028 second-round pick (from Pistons; exact details TBD), either the Heat’s or Pacers’ 2031 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable; from Heat), and cash (from Heat).
- Raptors acquire P.J. Tucker, the Lakers’ 2026 second-round pick (from Heat), and cash (from Heat).
Utah waived Jalen Hood-Schifino in order to acquire two players while sending one out, as we detailed earlier. They’re also expected to cut Richardson.
The deal wraps up a saga that first began on December 10 when word broke that the Heat were open to listening to offers for Butler. By Christmas Day, Butler was said to prefer a trade out of Miami, and a little over a week later he formally asked the team to move him.
The situation only escalated from there, with the Heat repeatedly suspending Butler for conduct detrimental to the team and withholding services. He was serving an indefinite team-imposed suspension when news broke on Wednesday that the Warriors had struck a deal to acquire him.
Butler, who will be teaming up in Golden State with longtime Warriors stars Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, has reportedly already agreed to a two-year, maximum-salary extension with the team, as we outlined in our original story on the trade. We also published full stories on two side deals involving the Heat and Raptors and Pistons and Jazz that were folded into this larger trade structure.
The latest word, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link), is that Saturday is the target date for Butler’s Warriors debut. Golden State will play in Chicago that night.
– Disappointing deadline for Det all in all
– Good on Gsw getting Anderson into the deal instead of expiring Payton or Looney
– I’m assuming that Tucker for Dav add on to the trade now kicks Mia below the tax too , small win there in an otherwise stinky package that they recieved -* Happy jimmy saga didn’t slip into the summer tho
Jimmy Again !!!!!!!
Nice, easy, consise trade.
That’s pretty bad when you have to get 5 teams involved to trade one disgruntled player lol sheesh!
HEAT did well given all the difficulty from Butler’s shenanigans.
Wiggins is a direct 2-way SF replacement for Butler …….. HEAT probably the best franchise to optimize Mitchell (see how Pelle Larsson defends now).
Slomo is dead-weight, should be waived …… they have enough on that bench.
Fully agree… Heat upgraded to a more consistently there player…
Wiggins had major family issues and has never spent long on the shelf otherwise…
With General Soreness the Warriors will be lucky if they get 10 good games this season and luckier still if he plays in half of them…
I could see Slomo going back to GSW if he hits waivers
GSW gotta fill roster spots now…
Slomo is not hitting waivers he has 2 more years left on the contract.
Heat made out nice here, I think. If they wanna make a real run at the playoffs, Wiggins will at least help, and I feel like Mitchell is exactly the kinda dude that thrives with the Heat system. And that 1st could be useful. Not bad for unloading a guy who wasn’t ever going to play from them again.
Bam, Wiggs, Tyler is a nice big 3 tbh Wiggs fits nice there with no Butler.
Heat made out like bandits…
Major coup considering the position Butlers tantrums put them in…
Why would any team add a team cancer in exchange for anything? Not sure even Steph can make this work.
What?
Have you even been paying attention to basketball the last five years. This is basically Andrew Wiggins and a first round pick for Jimmy Butler.
Slow Mo was a free agent signing. Anybody can get a guy like that and Dennis Schrader is another guy just available as a free agent signing. Back up guard get a guy like that anywhere.
So you get casual Wiggins or mamba Jimmy? You’re a playoff team with dreams. Who do you want?
Warriors have decided in Curry’s last couple years to go for mamba Jimmy instead of casual Wiggins. Sure it’s a gamble but probably worth it. Lol. Probably.
Not to mention there aren’t many players who have missed more games over the last 3 years due to “personal reasons” than Andrew Wiggins. There’s being toxic in the clubhouse, and then there’s becoming a ghost for 2 quarters every game that we lose by a bucket.
The Heat also went from paying 23.4M in tax penalty to receiving 11M.
Team cancers aren’t always team cancers you know. Just look at Kyrie. It could blow up at any time, but in the meantime it’s a good price.
Personally, I’d be more concerned with his injury history, cost, and questionable fit moreso than his antics.
Kerr will either quit or be bald by this time next year…
Warriors just became worse than the KG Nets…
THE REALITY:
Call it a season; tank to bottom 7-10 to try get back that first-rounder to Miami; ease Jimmy Buckets back and play him 15-20 minutes per game until maybe April; give Curry a month off for his various ailments; determine which G-Leaguers you like enough to warrant a spot on the 2025-26 roster; purposely give Kuminga more time to get in game shape and hope no one goes over the $25M per mark during his restricted free agency – offer him a contract in the 20M-range for each of the first 2 years before it jumps to the upper 30s/low 40s once Curry/Dray/Buckets are off the books; enjoy and reminisce during the final 2+ months of Looney/GP2 as members of the Warriors; maybe revisit Vucevic trade talks in May or June.
Not allowed to structure contracts that way. Raises are limited to something like 5-10% per year (I think it depends on the type of contract).
The reality…
Heat are headed to the playoffs with a possible finals berth… Because it’s the East…
Warriors will be lucky to be in the play in…
Post Green Butler Moody Curry isn’t as bad as you all think it is
Moses Moody?
That man should have his jersey taken away. His play is not worth the rubber that comes off the bottom of his sneakers after every contest. That’s a waste of a good pair of brand new basketball shoes.
His spot on the bench is not worth the water It takes to wash his clean, dry towel at the end of the game.
If the warriors don’t make the playoffs the good thing will be them able to keep their draft pick and fall into the lottery. they end up being 9th or 10th it will feel like a even worse trade because they play 1 game and out of the playoffs plus lose a good draft pick.
Cant wait for it to happen when on a play in game where if they win, theyll have the 11th best odds for the lottery. If they lose theyll have the 10th best odds for the lottery.
Itll be more sweet if they tanked to try and keep the pick. But someone leapfrogs them out of the protected pick range.
Spurs could easily over take them and they end up 4th worse record in the west. I just don’t think the team will be that much better with Jimmy. Their defense is not good and having 2 bad offensive players in Green and payton. You have a hard time winning.
They need to just accept that made a mistake gifting Draymond that contract instead of Klay…
Tank and move on to the next era…
Throwing away picks and players for over the hill, often injured, bad fit headcases like Butler isn’t going to help in the bloodbath that is the West…
In the East the team would have a chance at being in the top 6… But in the West… the top 10 looks a bit out of reach…
Just the fight to get the 10th spot will be tough because 2 teams with playoff hope will be left out.
I just CANNOT wait until Jimminy-O & Dray-Dray have that one practice where they passive aggressively talk trash, then I dunno, Gui Santos tells them maybe they should cool it, and they level a couple city blocks just from the pressure of that one vein on their foreheads, yeeting poor Steph Curry into a reality where there’s no 3 point line.
I like Dennis in Detroit. With Ivey out. He can help them. Plus he brings the experience. And the attitude of showing up teams. That are giving up on him. Good move for Pistons. Be smart to resign him.
Warriors missed on Vucevic. Bad move imo.
I was thinking the same thing but that’s a pretty high cost. You’d give up the 25 pick for Butler and then the 27 pick for Vooch . Let’s see what happens in the buyout market.
The Jazz essentially have turned two off-season free agents, in Patty Mills and Drew Eubanks, into five second-round picks, JHS (waived), JRich (going to be waived), and KJ Martin (young prospect). Pretty impressive indeed!
LOL. Those picks required in UTH’s sale of cap space, not the players. Ainge could have signed those contracts with you and your friends, and the result would be the same. Impressive to you? OK.
Yes! To get a team to trade for us and not actual NBA players would be impressive! LOL
Losing has never been more impressive league wide by the fans .
Oh, and some cash sent out. That and they needed to have cap space available to use, but still impressive. Lol
And the 3 likely late first-round picks for a potential 2031 lottery pick from the Suns.
It ended up working out as well as it could have with the exception of maybe a few things; as it evolved, they managed to get below the first apron, and now they have some assets to playbwith in the offseason. They can also add help on the buyout market, which they need at the 2/3 or 4/5. I really hope Woggins comes to play….Damion Mitchell is a Miami Heat player, and I’ve always said that, so if he can knock down shots, he can help. I’d rather him play over Rozier in a lot of situations
Got below apron 1 and the lux tax all in one swoop
Def boon , gotta thank Det for coming in on Schroeder here and Tor for doin Dav for Tucker
Curious to see if they extend Dav or go with the keep 26 cap in play route – They can expire Wiggins next year if they feel summer 26 looks promising , got time (2 cycles ) to play it out till then.
I don’t think they will extend Davion; they have Isaiah Stevens on a 2 way, Alondes Williams with the skyforce, Dru Smith potentially coming back next year, and then obviously other additions. Being a RFA might help them keep him, but I could laps see them using his cap hold, and maybe other assets in a bigger trade (i would assume they’re still going to try for KD, or maybe a young player we don’t expect to move yet)
@The Human Rain Delay FYI, Heat got below the first apron, but they’re still in the tax by about $2.8MM.
Depends on who GS adds/can add to get to 14 players…they need help at the 2/3, and could use a floor spacing big. They need a lot now from Moody, and Podz, though again, it depends who they add b/c at least 1 of those guys needs to be a legit rotation player
As of now, I’m not sure which of these 2 i would start with Steph, GP2, Moody/Jimmy, Jimmy/Santos, Draymond
Kuminga, Santos/Moody, Looney/TJD, Podz….
Really curious to see who they add to help them b/c this is very salvageable…