OAKLAND, Calif. – Jimmy Butler, tauraron ɗan wasan NBA mai cece-kuce, ya koma Golden State Warriors a wata yarjejeniya da Miami Heat. Bayan watanni na rashin jituwa da suka haɗa da dakatarwa har sau uku, Butler ya nuna farin cikinsa da komawa Warriors, inda ake sa ran zai fara wasa ranar Asabar da Chicago.
Draymond Green, ɗan wasan gaba na Warriors, ya bayyana goyon bayansa ga zuwan Butler. Green ya bayyana cewa, “Kowa na tsoron mutanen da ke da wani abu a tare da su, amma mutanen da ba su da shi ba sa cin nasara.” Ya kara da cewa, “Ina ganin wannan ya sanya mu cikin gasar da za mu iya fafatawa a matakin da ya fi kowane – 1,000 bisa ɗari. Kuna da damar samun ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasa 20 a NBA. Wannan abu ne mai ban mamaki.”
Butler, wanda ya jagoranci Heat zuwa wasan karshe na NBA sau biyu, ya amince da tsawaita kwantiraginsa na shekaru biyu kan dala miliyan 111 har zuwa kakar 2026-27.
Warriors, waɗanda suka lashe kofuna huɗu cikin shekaru takwas daga 2015 zuwa 2022, suna fatan Butler zai taimaka musu su sake samun nasara. A halin yanzu suna matsayi na 11 a yammacin taro da rikodin 25-26.
Stephen Curry, tauraron Warriors, ya kira Butler a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara, yana mai cewa, “Idan al’amura sun yi tsanani, sai ya tashi tsaye.” Coach Steve Kerr ya kara da cewa, “Ina tsammanin zai dace daidai.”
Butler ya bayyana cewa, “Za mu kawo wuta ga mutane da yawa.” Ya kuma bayyana cewa ya rasa farin cikinsa a Miami, inda ya ƙara da cewa, “Ba zan iya zama ɗan wasan da na san na iya zama ba, a gaskiya.” Duk da haka, ya nuna godiyarsa ga birnin Miami, yana mai cewa, “Sun taimaka min na zama ɗan wasan da nake a yau, don haka na gode sosai.”
Butler ya ce, “[Warriors] suna ganina a matsayin mutum mai daraja a nan. Suna tunanin zan iya taimaka musu su yi nasara. Don haka shi ne abin da na tsaya a kai. Shi ne abin da nake son yi.”
Rashin jituwa tsakanin Butler da Heat ya fara ne a lokacin da shugaban ƙungiyar, Pat Riley, ya nuna rashin tabbas game da bai wa Butler tsawaita kwantiragi. Riley ya kuma yi korafin cewa Butler ya ce Heat za ta doke Boston a zagayen farko na wasan share fage idan ba a ji masa rauni ba. Riley ya ce, “Idan ba ka kan filin wasa ba, ya kamata ka rufe bakinka.”
A farkon watan Janairu, Butler ya ce ya rasa farin cikinsa a filin wasa bayan wasa da Indiana. Bayan kwana ɗaya, Heat ta dakatar da shi na wasanni bakwai saboda “halin da ke cutar da ƙungiyar.” Dakatarwarsa ta uku ta zo ne bayan ya fita daga atisaye da wuri bayan ya koyi cewa zai fito daga benci.
Green ya ce, “Za ku zaɓi guba, ko? Oh, Jimmy na iya zama ɗan wahala? Domin yana son yin nasara? Zan zaɓi mu’amala da wannan wahalar [maimakon] mu’amala da mutumin da kawai yake son wanzuwa ya bayyana ya ci gaba da ranar su. Zai yi duk abin da ya dace don yin nasara. Shi ne abin da muke bukata.”
Curry ya ce, “Shi kare ne, ya yi nasara, kuma kawai tunanin cewa yana da abubuwa da yawa da zai tabbatar da sabuwar halin da ake ciki. Yana farin cikin taimaka mana, kuma muna farin cikin taimaka masa. Yana da wani salo wanda a yanzu ina tsammanin ba mu da shi a cikin ma’anar samar da harbi, kasancewa iya zuwa layin, sarrafa mallakar rabin kotu.”
Butler ya bayyana cewa bai damu da duk hayaniyar da ke kewaye da shi ba a cikin ƴan watannin da suka gabata. “Ban damu ba cewa mutane suna magana. Shi ne abin da ya kamata mutane su yi. Idan ba su san abin da ke faruwa ba, ya kamata ku yi magana. Ya kamata ku yi hasashe kuma ya kamata ku yi tsammani. Ina farin ciki cewa na sami damar sake buga wasan kwallon kwando,” in ji shi.
Ya kara da cewa, “Mafi kyawun sigar kaina ita ce abin da wannan ƙungiyar ke bukata. Kuma shi ne abin da zan kasance.”
