“Run It Back”<\/a> crew evaluated the moves and chose which team made the better trade.<\/p>\n“It’s the Warriors and Jimmy Butler,” former NBA forward Chandler Parsons said. “The impact he made. This team was dead in the water. The window was closing. … Then we bring in Jimmy Butler. This team has just taken off to a whole new level. And I think we can judge Luka’s impact further down the road. The guy’s 25, 26 years old. I think his impact will come. The Lakers were already good with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Do I think they got better with Luka? 100 percent. But there’s no denying the impact that Jimmy Butler has had on [the Warriors]. <\/p>\n
“They went from a team that was on the fringe of even making the playoffs. I think they were the 11th seed when they made the trade all the way up to the seventh seed, where they could’ve been even higher than that. And now they’re a team that’s a real contender. Once they get past this round, they got a chance to win next round, too. Jimmy Butler’s impact is 100 percent more valuable than anybody right now at the deadline.”<\/p>\n
The numbers don’t lie.<\/p>\n
The Warriors are 25-8 with Butler in their lineup and 26-27 without. The Lakers are 19-13 with Don\u010di\u0107 and 32-22 without.<\/p>\n
And currently, Golden State holds a 3-1 playoff series lead over the Houston Rockets and is one win away from advancing to the Western Conference semifinals. Los Angeles, meanwhile, is on the brink of a first-round exit down 3-1 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n
In 28 regular-season games with the Lakers, Don\u010di\u0107 averaged 28.2 points on 43.8 percent shooting, with 8.1 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 1.6 steals in 35.1 minutes. <\/p>\n
Butler averaged 17.9 points on 47.6 percent shooting in 30 regular-season contests with the Warriors, adding 5.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.7 steals in 32.7 minutes.<\/p>\n
Maybe only time will tell the true impact each player will have on their teams, but as of now, Parsons is pretty confident the Warriors have the edge.<\/p>\n
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