After defeating the New York Knicks on Tuesday night, the Warriors are now 9-2 in the Jimmy Butler era and 9-1 when he's in the lineup. They defeated a Knicks team that was on a three-game winning streak in what was arguably one of their most impressive wins of the season.

The Golden State Warriors have won 10 of the first 11 games with Jimmy Butler in the lineup, just as the Lakers have gotten hot with Luka Dončić.

"The relief in that building that Jimmy Butler is gone, not just because of what happened the last couple of months, but because of how things were bent to him," Le Batard said. "If you talk to enough Heat people, you will know that they felt like they were dealing with something."

Draymond Green just couldn’t keep his birthday wish a secret. Can you really blame him? Just less than a month after the Golden State Warriors brought in Jimmy Butler, the four-time champion celebrated his 35th birthday in New York City after yet another victory—this time over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden,

Prior to the trade deadline, the Golden State Warriors were 25-26 and slightly outside of the Play-In picture. All hope of competing for a championship in the West was pretty much lost and the chances of making a playoff push were fading.