Slater: One of the main things within this that …
Antony Slater: One of the main things within this that has been told to me by multiple people that is the injuries to Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody shifted that even more with an understanding of your starting wings are going to miss at least half maybe more of next season. Tim Bontemps: If you're being charitable, Jimmy Butler will be back in probably around January 1st, right? That's an accelerated timeline.
Now, look, Jimmy's crazy. If you tell me he comes back sooner, sure, but like you're also talking about a guy who's past 35 now, coming back from a torn ACL, right? Draymond Green's a year older, Steph Curry's a year older.
We just saw Steph Curry hobbling through this game Friday night in Phoenix, like not able to really move by the end of it. I was going to have a summer to get himself healthy now, but that is the reasonable thing to think about a team led by a trio of guys who are on the wrong side of the age curve. And with Jimmy and Steph and Draymond on the books, I want to say that's 80% of the salary cap in three guys.
It's not like they can go out and snap their fingers and just add players either. YouTube This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Slater: One of the main things within this that …