“Everywhere starts off great, but then you know someone has to be the bad guy, and it gets to be me,” Butler said, with a wry smile. “I’m always the one doing something unbearable all of a sudden. … But that’s OK. I get to play in this wonderful league, with amazing teammates.
“But being here, they’ve only got one goal,” he said, glancing up at the wall adorned with championship banners. “To keep hanging those things up on the wall. Ain’t no hidden agendas.”
The Warriors’ agenda is extremely transparent. The goal is to win, right now, while Stephen Curry still has his superpowers.
