Jimmy Butler has been a massive difference-maker for the Warriors, but his preference to pass won't be enough in the playoffs.

Jimmy Butler didn’t bother to take one look back in the direction of his old bench, his old mates, or that old floor that he set afire for many a spring night. The emotion of Tuesday night, his return to Miami after an electric and combustible five-and-a-half-year run,

A throng of college students waited at the exit of the gym on the campus of Barry University, lining a path the Golden State Warriors took to their team bus. Stephen Curry had already exited following practice.