Sound familiar? The supposedly too old Warriors are setting up a title challenge

Many believed Steph Curry’s Golden State were past it in 2022 before they won the championship. This time around, Jimmy Butler has given them new life

It felt like the end, again.

The Golden State Warriors missed the playoffs in 2020 and 2021, but they stormed back from the abyss in 2022 to beat the Boston Celtics in the NBA finals. Steph Curry was 33 for most of that season. Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were 31. The Warriors’ return to the pinnacle of basketball had the whiff of a last hurrah, and indeed, their championship core faded for a second time after that: a second-round exit in 2023, a play-in tournament flatlining in 2024. Curry and his four-time championship-winning teammates continued to get older in the way athletes do.

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Jimmy Butler's presence on the court and in locker room has sparked the Warriors' resurgence

Since Jimmy Butler joined the Golden State Warriors at the trade deadline from Miami, he has brought an energy and winning mentality they were searching for to make a playoff push
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'That's all we did': Jimmy Butler opens up on Heat, Warriors trade

The Golden State Warriors have won 16 of 20 games since trading for Jimmy Butler, while the Heat are 4-17 in that span. Both teams play Tuesday.
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Warriors' tough seven-game homestand set to define resurgent season

Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler and the Golden State Warriors conquered a four-game East Coast road trip, but now their playoff seeding could be determined by a monstrous seven-game homestand.
Yahoo Sports - Mar. 7
Jimmy Butler transforms Warriors from SLOPPY to SLEEK | The Big Number

Tom Haberstroh & Dan Devine dive into the numbers for a look at how Jimmy Butler has transformed the Golden State Warriors in what might very well be the best midseason trade of all-time.
Yahoo Sports - Mar. 12
Steph has shot at impressive scoring milestone in Warriors-Pistons

Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry has a chance to reach another scoring milestone against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday.
Yahoo Sports - Mar. 7
Golden State Warriors sign former lottery pick until the end of the season

The former lottery pick has been with the Golden State Warriors for the past few weeks, operating on multiple 10-day contracts.
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Is Warriors' Jimmy Butler too unselfish? He preaches patience with new team: 'When it's my time, you'll know'

With the Warriors, Butler has consistently passed up shots in the paint to set up teammates instead
CBS Sports - Mar. 17
The Warriors are in Miami, and Jimmy Butler's comeback game against the Heat is near

Jimmy Butler is back in Miami for a few days. Golden State's schedule is quirky right now — the Warriors played Saturday night in Atlanta, arrived in Miami around 2 a.m. Sunday, play the Heat on ...
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Butler scores 24 and Warriors win without Curry, 104-93 over Bucks

Jimmy Butler had 24 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists and the Golden State Warriors, playing without Stephen Curry, beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-93 on Tuesday night. Curry, who recently became ...
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