The huge sum that the Warriors are going to pay Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler, after pushing the machine as only he knows how to do, will play for the Golden State Warriors for the remainder of this season and the next two. As we reported a few hours ago, he is rejecting his player option to sign a two-year deal for around 120 million dollars. Undoubtedly, a real madness that leaves the Bay Area team with almost no room to maneuver in the NBA market: either they win with what they have, or nothing at all, thus will end the Stephen Curry era.

Because the good old Jimmy not only wanted to go somewhere with stars and be cool (he pushed to play with KD in Phoenix but didn't want to go to Memphis to strengthen a promising and winning project), so he ended up agreeing to go to San Francisco even though the sports outlook couldn't be more lamentable. He also wanted the money.

The Warriors, at least, have managed to keep Jonathan Kuminga right now to try to force (hard to believe) another chance to win with Curry and Draymond Green. It's true that what they have let go of is little (the most relevant being an Andrew Wiggins who, beyond the year of the title, has done absolutely nothing with Steve Kerr's team).

However, the financial penalty is tremendous. It's not the same as if Jimmy had agreed to a lower salary (something like 20 million per season or so). But no, he wanted to stay in the league's elite, and he did it. Nothing less than 60 million for each of the two seasons.

We will see at a sports level if he is able to revive. Since he led the Heat to the Finals a couple of years ago, he has been dragging himself through the league for a year and a half. He's 35 turning 36. It's now or never...

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