Colin Cowherd suggests a trade package for Giannis led by Jimmy Butler

In a league where changing star teams is an annual occurrence, it could Golden State Warriors trades for Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo with an offer that includes Jimmy Butler? Fox Sports 1 Colin Cowherd believes that priority should be given. As Butler is trying to prove his critics wrong in his first full season with the Warriors, Cowherd is skeptical, while the Bucks are one disappointing season away from receiving Antetokounmpo’s trade request.

Some say it’s less because the clock is ticking on whether the Bucks can make their first deep playoff run after three straight first-round exits. Antetokounmpo has already threatened to play for another team if Milwaukee doesn’t emerge as a title contender this season, setting the table for attractive trade package for the Warriors, as Cowherd noted, according to Fox Sports 1 The Herd.

“Jimmy Butler is a fraud. He’s not a phase. And I think it’s time for the pitching — at the trade deadline — to end,” Cowherd said. “And I love Jimmy Butler. But Steve Kerr is too smart to think that 37-year-old Steph (Curry), 35-year-old Draymond (Green), 36-year-old Jimmy Butler and now 39-year-old Al Horford can compete in the West. They can’t.”

For Colin Cowherd, the Warriors can offer a trade focused on a veteran who can now help the Bucks win and a 23-year-old high-scoring forward on the verge of becoming a 20+ point scorer, in exchange for Giannis Antetokounmpo.

“I would trade Jimmy Butler, Jonathan Cummings and four first-round picks for Giannis and see if that’s enough,” Cowherd added. “Jimmy Butler played at Marquette. So he’s coming home and he’s still a lethal free throw shooter — a big player. Jonathan Cumminga averaged 20 a game last year when he wasn’t playing with Steph. They don’t work that well together. Even though when he wasn’t playing with Steph, he had some really good nights.

“And he’s a better player today. And he’s only 23 years old, and then four first-round picks, and first-round picks are going to be more valuable than they’ve been in decades.”

“I would trade Jimmy Butler, Jonathan Cummings and 4 first round picks for Giannis.”@colincovherd thinks the Warriors need to shake things up if they want to compete for a title pic.twitter.com/5EIIH086H6

— The Herd v/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) October 22, 2025

Jonathan Cuminga’s play left the Warriors “buzzing” against the Lakers

Going into the 2025-26 campaign with a new addition, Jonathan Cumminga made a play that blew the Warriors away. Kuminga started in the Warriors’ 119-109 home opener against the Lakers. He finished with 17 points, six assists and one of nine rebounds showed his athletic spiritand started the Warriors’ bench, according to ESPN’s Anthony Slater.

“That jump is what everybody in the world has been waiting to see. You’ve got that athleticism, you’re going to make big plays,” Green said. “You have superstar potential, you’re going to make big plays. Those are the plays that win.”

The Warriors will host the Nuggets on Thursday.