Jimmy Butler is speaking out on social media mere minutes after the news of his trade broke.
The six-time NBA All-Star forward Butler is officially headed to the Golden State Warriors after being traded there by the Miami Heat in a multi-team deal. As part of the trade, Butler has also agreed to a sizable new multi-year extension with the Warriors (details here).
In response to the news, Butler posted an excited reaction on his X page.
“welcome to the wild wild west,” Butler wrote, along with a 30-second clip of a song featuring similar themes.
welcome to the wild wild west pic.twitter.com/dTh3njwWeX
— Jimmy Butler (@JimmyButler) February 6, 2025
Except for a brief foray into the Western Conference with the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2017-18, Butler has spent his entire NBA career in the Eastern Conference. But he will now head West to a Warriors team that is looking to reinvent itself while currently 10th in the conference at 25-24 (though just 2.5 games out of a top-six spot).
Throughout his ugly, drawn-out breakup with the Heat, Butler often took to social media to joke about the situation (sometimes in very ridiculous ways). Now his social media posts are taking on a much more positive tone as he looks ahead to his new future in Golden State.
