120 million in 2 years, averaging 18 points! From the boss of the team to the third leader, you are the fastest-regressing superstar in the playoffs

. In January this year, the Warriors lost 40 points to the Celtics at home, setting the most shameful record in team history in nearly 40 years.

When the Lakers exchanged Doncic, the Kings got Lavine and the Spurs signed with Fox, and all teams were actively strengthening the lineup, the Warriors fell out of the top ten in the Western Conference, and the management was immediately panicked. Without getting Durant, they regarded Butler as the last life-saving straw, but they did not expect that this straw was as heavy as a thousand pounds and almost crushed the team. In fact, there are signs of a cliff-like decline in Butler's state. During the regular season, the Warriors' seemingly good record concealed the fundamental contradictions within the team. The passing and cutting system on which the Warriors relies for fame requires players to run and pass the ball selflessly to create open shots, and Butler's style of holding balls and playing singles is incompatible with this system. The data won't lie - after he joined, the Warriors' fast break score plummeted, but the proportion of positional battles in the half-court has surged. What's even more fatal is that he has only 21% three-point shooting percentage, allowing his opponent to unscrupulously emptie him when defending, and instead double-team Curry, greatly limiting his space for playing.

When Curry retreated from injury, this already deformed system completely collapsed. In the last five minutes of G4 against the Timberwolves, an extremely absurd scene appeared on the court: Butler broke through with the ball, attracting the double-team defense of three opponents, but the four teammates on the outside were motionless as if they were nailed to the spot. Butler gave up the offensive opportunity three times and chose to pass the ball, which directly led to the team's 24-second violation. Coach Cole could only smile helplessly on the night when the team was eliminated: "When I knew Curry couldn't play, I realized that I couldn't win this game." The atmosphere in the locker room was also heartbreaking, and there was not much communication between Butler and Curry and Zhu Meng Green. When he was in the Heat, Butler was the "dressing room leader" who roared and passionately in the team, but in the Warriors, he seemed to be willing to be a three-man leader and played the role of a good man on the court. On the surface, he played the ball by connecting the team and leading his teammates, but in fact he exposed his unwillingness to take responsibility at critical moments. The series of series of mistakes made by the Warriors in recent years have made the team's dilemma even worse. They let go of Poole, who averaged 21 points per game, destroyed his substitute firepower, greatly reducing the team's bench depth; they missed Markanen, who averaged 23 points and 8 rebounds per game, lost a space-type inside line, and the team's inside offense and space-opening ability were greatly affected; they angrily left Klay Thompson, and cut off the last bloodline of the Warriors Dynasty, causing the team to lose the outside firepower and championship background that they once proud of.

When Timberwolves fans shouted "Thank you Jimmy", Bay Area reporter Slater whined in grief: "This is not a championship puzzle, it is clearly a gold-plated coffin customized for the Warriors Dynasty!" Butler's oath to "help Curry win the championship" has long become blurred in the face of the cruelty of reality. While the Thunder's Alexander and the Pacers' Halliburton wrote their new king legend on the stage of the finals, the Golden State Warriors were staggered by Butler's heavy contract and gradually drifted away on the road to championship. The wheel of history rolls forward, not stopping for anyone, and only one cruel and helpless answer is left for the Warriors: trading Butler is indeed a complete miscalculation by the Warriors management!