It only took five games for the Golden State Warriors and new star Jimmy Butler to get ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith to change his tune about the blockbuster trade’s impact. The morning after the trade, Smith tried to downplay how much Butler would help the Warriors on “First Take,

Before the Butler trade the Warriors were a cumulative minus-90 without Curry in 51 games. Since the trade it's plus-30 in six games.

Jimmy Butler’s first home game as a Warrior turned into such a rout that Steph Curry called ‘Night, Night’ in the third quarter.