
“” He is one of my favorite players, in my coach career. It is simply a beautiful soul, a wonderful human being. We don't hang our banner in 2022 without him Steve Kerr delivered at the time of Andrew Wiggins to Heat, exchanged for Jimmy Butler. His transfer marked the Warriors locker room, including one of the more recently arrived players, Buddy Hield.
“” When the guys were exchanged, it was one day difficult to (Steve Kerr) ”recalls the rear, On the Steiny & Guru podcastin reference to the combined departures of Kyle Anderson, Dennis Schroder and Lindy Waters III.
“” Especially with Wiggs, it was very moving in the locker room. I was even more moved because I would have liked to be exchanged in its place, because Wiggs did so much for this franchise. For a guy like him, I hated seeing him go like that because he did so much for this franchise “, Continues the rear.
A way for him to pay tribute to the six years known by the first choice of the 2014 draft. In a lesser offensive role compared to his first seasons in Minnesota, the winger was indeed a key contributor in obtaining the last title of the Californians.
A page quickly turned
“” I told myself that I would like it to be me, because he marked this franchise of his imprint, and I know what he represented for this franchise and for the city of San Francisco “Said Buddy Hield, whose profile probably was probably very little interested in the Heat, looking for a high -level post 3 in replacement by Jimmy Butler, and whose salary (8.8 million dollars) was not enough to balance the exchange anyway, unlike the 26.3 million dollars affected this season by Andrew Wiggins…
Present on the same podcast, Stephen Curry remembers “ real whirlwind Known by the Warriors on the day of the transfer. “” We were about to play against Utah, and there were rumors, discussions, conversations, hypotheses, and then it happened. First of all, we are upset to lose guys with whom we waged war, Wiggs in particular. He helped us win a title and we saw him flourish during the five years he spent here “Recalls the leader.
But the page was all the more easily turned since Jimmy Butler brought a second breath to this team that was missing.
“” And then we think of the future. We were delighted that Jimmy was there. We knew who he was as superstar […] You can see that this helped us, Draymond (Green) and me. But that helped all the others because he makes people around him better. And he does it very naturally », Thus Stephen Curry.