Buddy Hield Rumors

Danny Emerman: Buddy Hield stepped to the podium after practice and joked about the trade deadline. "Why do you guys want to talk to me, am I getting traded?" Does this deadline feel different given how much smoke is out there? "Whatever happens, happens. I'm just thankful to have a job."

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Sidelined Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro has bypassed an invitation to attempt to defend his 2025 championship in the 3-point contest during NBA All-Star Weekend, to instead focus on getting back on the court. Herro won last year’s contest in San Francisco, defeating Golden State Warriors guard Buddy Hield in the final round.

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Butler joked with Kerr and the nearby officials that he should have received two free throws for the personal foul. As he reached the tunnel, teammates Buddy Hield and Jonathan Kuminga draped Butler's arms over their shoulders and helped him to a wheelchair near the locker room entrance. Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy followed Butler down the tunnel. The team ruled him out several minutes later. Butler suffered a meniscus tear in 2018 and an MCL sprain in 2024 on the same knee.

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Grant Williams wipes his sweat all over the ball in between De'Anthony Melton's two free throws. Buddy Hield calls him out.

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Along with Kuminga, Buddy Hield is also a trade candidate to monitor as he’s fallen out of the rotation and could be paired with Kuminga to get a player in the $30 million range or so. Adding a player, such as Moses Moody, for example, would allow Golden State to potentially acquire a player in the $40 million range.

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‪NBA Stat‬: Fan wanted Buddy Hield to sign his Jimmy Butler jersey. Buddy: “Nah, F*CK that jersey.” 😭 (via BrickCenter) #NBA

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“It’s not hard for Buddy Hield,” Kerr told The Athletic. “He is who he is and that’s why everybody loves him. He loves life, he loves the game, loves being in the locker room, loves being on the bus, loves being the center of all the laughter. Beautiful teammate.” To paint Hield as solely the center of everybody’s jokes doesn’t do his career justice. He knows when to turn it off, too. “I know how to switch everything on and off,” Hield said. “When it comes to an organization like this and the seriousness with Draymond, Steph, what’s at stake, I don’t f— around out there. I know how to balance it.”

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Sources say Golden State did discuss the pursuit of Domantas Sabonis before the 2022 trade deadline that featured Indiana shipping the Lithuanian lefty to Sacramento for a package headlined by Tyrese Haliburton. The Pacers were known at the time to be big fans of Jonathan Kuminga, leading to various discussions between the two front offices that featured current Warriors swingman Buddy Hield, former Warriors swingman Andrew Wiggins and Sabonis in various frameworks.

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Anthony Slater: Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and Buddy Hield are probable vs Blazers tomorrow night. Steph Curry is cleared for return. Jonathan Kuminga remains out with knee tendinitis.

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Nick Friedell: Stephen Curry is out vs. Heat because of a lingering ankle issue. Kuminga remains out. Horford is out on 2nd night of back to back. Jimmy is questionable with a lower back strain. Draymond and Buddy are both questionable. Both guys aren’t feeling great.

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As for Christian Braun, team executives pointed to the five-year, $150 million extension Suggs signed with Orlando as the number to watch. But two red flags come with that. First, Suggs earned second-team All-Defense in 2024 and was paid because of his impact on the defensive end. Braun, on the other hand, averaged career highs in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks last season and became the first player since Buddy Hield in 2018-19 with at least 400 fast-break points. Second, Orlando at the time had the financial wiggle room to start Suggs at $35 million per season and the flexibility to improve its roster. The Nuggets do not have the same flexibility. A five-year, $126.5 million extension for Braun that starts at $21.8 million would be a solid compromise for both sides. Braun's salary next season ranks in the top 15 of shooting guards. Watson's extension is more difficult to project because of his upside (he just turned 23) and his role coming off the bench. A four-year, $54 million extension would be team-friendly, considering next year's salary is $3 million below the non-tax midlevel exception.

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Down their top two players, adding Horford and Moody to the list of Warriors absences called for an interesting starting five. Coach Steve Kerr started with Podziemski, Buddy Hield, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Green and Quinten Post. Moses Moody is out the rest of the preseason and will be re-evaluated in a week with what the Warriors are calling a strained calf.  “We’re not too concerned about it. It’s just we’re being careful,” Kerr told reporters in LA.

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For doing so with the Warriors, who belong to Stephen Curry more than anyone, suggests Jimmy Butler still is capable of being The Man. That while he embraces being “Robin” to Curry’s “Batman,” – the roles can be interchangeable upon request. “I just think he took it up a notch today,” Hield said. “He wasn’t chirping like that Jimmy we know of. He was a silent killer, and his work speaks himself.” There were shades of that Jimmy last season, as Butler occasionally took over portions of a game, usually when Curry was off the floor. He managed to make a significant impact despite being the new guy, tossed onto the roster during the searing heat of a playoff chase. “Last year, Jimmy didn’t know any defensive terminology,” Draymond Green said last week. “We were just making it work.”

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Buddy Hield is a big fan of his Warriors teammate and star forward Draymond Green. In an exclusive interview with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Kerith Burke for "Dubs Talk," the sharpshooter explained how the two-way captain is in a league of his own on the defensive end. “He’s a Hall of Famer, stamped on defense; he’s probably the greatest defender this game’s ever seen,” Hield told Burke. “Because the way he navigates things and quarterbacks things from the back -- it’s just impressive.”

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