The Golden State Warriors travel to Florida to take on the Miami Heat Tuesday night, which will be a must-watch night due to Jimmy Butler making his return to Miami for the first time since the trade.

Butler was asked a handful of questions about his time in Miami, the upcoming tribute video, and who accepts the blame for the way their relationship ended. His responses are as expected.

“Will I watch?” Butler said when asked about the potential of a Heat tribute video. “Yeah, I’ll watch. If they have one, if they don’t. It makes no difference. It really doesn’t.”

Beyond the tribute to him, Butler reconfirmed publicly that he had no intentions of signing an extension with Pat Riley. In fact, he knew his time with the organization was coming to an end.

Despite opening that can of worms, the 35-year-old did state for the record that he isn’t taking all the blame and says he’s “always painted as the bad guy.”

“I’m always painted as the bad guy. Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve always been the problem,” Butler said. “So we’ll take it. I don’t got nothing to say. I’m not mad at being the bad guy. It’s all the way that everything is portrayed. Some people talk to the media, some people don’t. I’ve never been one to tell my side of the story to almost anybody. Let everybody think that this is what happened and we’ll ride with it.”

Even with him being portrayed as this villainous character within the NBA, Butler is fine with it. That makes the pairing of him and Draymond Green even more terrifying for opposing players.

In 19 games with Golden State, the athletic veteran is averaging 17.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 6.5 assists, and 1.3 steals per game.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Miami Heat have traded Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors in a massive four-team trade.

Miami will receive Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson, P.J. Tucker, and the Warriors’ top-10 protected first-round pick. The Utah Jazz will receive Dennis Schroder, with the Detroit Pistons receiving Lindy Waters III and Josh Richardson.

Initially, this four-team trade was supposed to be a five-team trade, but the agreement with the Toronto Raptors fell through. Anderson was being sent to Toronto.

Moments after Butler’s trade was publicly announced, it was then announced the 35-year-old signed a two-year, $121 million extension. This will keep the former disgruntled superstar through the 2026-27 season.

It is unclear when Butler will make his Warriors debut. This will be the fifth team played in his storied career.

According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Miami Heat will be trading Jimmy Butler, no matter what, even if it means getting a lower return.

Butler was suspended for a third time by the team, and this time, he stormed out of practice after learning he would no longer be in the starting lineup. This has prompted the Heat to suspend him for at least five games and begin ramping up their trading efforts.

Before, teams didn’t want to trade for the 35-year-old superstar because they had to unload their entire team to acquire him. This left only one team: the Phoenix Suns. Now, teams like the Golden State Warriors are willing, and wanting, to get back into the bidding and wanting war for Butler due to the price demand going down.

Per earlier reports, the disgruntled star’s preferred destinations were the Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, and Warriors. At one point, he was willing to play anywhere but the Memphis Grizzlies.

“Jimmy Butler is going to get traded,” said Windhorst. “I really am more sure than ever that’s going to happen. The Heat are really trying to make that happen. They have backed down on their asks to teams that they had two or three weeks ago when this whole saga really started. They’re willing to do more.”

“I think that there is really a chance now… I think more teams are going to wade in here because the price on Butler is going to be lower than just the Phoenix Suns, which is the way it’s been.”

Windhorst says “top teams” will not want Butler, as he think the “middle of the pack” teams will be the “middle of the pack” teams who will ultimately go out and try to obtain him.

“I don’t think any of the top teams are going to get him. I think you’re looking at teams that are in the middle of the pack. Older teams teams that need a Hail Mary right now. That may be looking whether they can acquire him and so this could be a key turning point in this NBA season.”

In 25 games this season, Butler averages 17.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.8 assists in 30.6 minutes.