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How do Warriors pivot with Butler out for year?

January 20, 2026 07:43 PM

Grant Liffmann reports on how Jimmy Butler’s torn ACL affects the calculus for the Golden State Warriors, currently sitting eighth in the West, and the direction they might take with the trade deadline approaching.

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