It only took five games for the Golden State Warriors and new star Jimmy Butler to get ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith to change his tune about the blockbuster trade’s impact. The morning after the trade, Smith tried to downplay how much Butler would help the Warriors on “First Take,

Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler has been everything the team has wanted and more. When the Warriors traded for Butler, they desperately needed a boost. Very few expected that the results would have been as great as they've been.

Jimmy Butler’s first home game as a Warrior turned into such a rout that Steph Curry called ‘Night, Night’ in the third quarter.