SAN FRANCISCO – Coach Jimmy Butler was just about the only entertaining thing to come out of the Golden State Warriors’ 138-87 shellacking of the New Orleans Pelicans. Dressed in the same grey Warriors sweater and black pants as head…
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and rookie Yaxel Lendeborg reacted with amusement to injured forward Jimmy Butler dressing as a coach on the sideline. Butler wore the coaching staff's grey sweater and black pants, held a clipboard, and playfully wrote instructions to pass the ball to Stephen Curry during the game.
Butler continues to recover from a torn right ACL suffered in January. While sidelined, teammates noted he provided valuable advice alongside his humor, though guard De'Anthony Melton jokingly quipped that Butler had already been fired from coaching.
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