Jimmy Butler cannot wait for the start of the next calendar year. The Warriors will begin their 2026-2027 NBA season in just a few days, but Butler will not take part in the early portion of the campaign as he recovers from his torn ACL. Butler injured his knee in January, missed the rest of the season, and the Warriors missed the playoffs as a result.
The Warriors were right in the mix until Butler got hurt, but his injury depleted their star power and depth. Speaking to ESPN’s Anthony Slater, Butler said he felt that he let his superstar teammate Steph Curry and the rest of the Warriors’ core down by getting hurt, with the team eager to win another ring for Curry before he retires.
“I really felt like I let Steph down,” Butler told Slater. “I let Draymond [Green] down. I let Steve [Kerr] down. Because they took a chance. If you don’t know me and you haven’t been around me, you don’t know what I’m about because of the things that you may read and hear. But they said, ‘F— all of that s—. This motherf—er knows how to win.’ They took a chance, and I...