Following their trade for Jimmy Butler, the Golden State Warriors owe their 2025 first-round pick to the Miami Heat if it falls between pick 11 and pick 30. Otherwise, they retain it and send them their 2026 first-round pick.

Wednesday's trade might have been a backup plan for both parties, and an expensive one. But Golden State thinks the risk could work.

The Warriors put their two-timelines approach on the backburner and found Stephen Curry a legitimate co-star by trading for Heat forward Jimmy Butler.