Jimmy Butler’s upcoming ACL injury against Heat Nick Young labels ‘karma’

Former NBA guard Nick Young says Golden State The Warriors’ Jimmy Butler suffered a season-ending right ACL injury against his former team, Miami Heatis karma for how things went last season. Butler and the Heat parted ways weeks before his 2025 trade to the Warriors.

For Young, Butler’s disappointing season-ending right ACL injury against his former team it’s not accidentalhe said, after Gil’s Arena.

“And against your old team. Somebody’s not living right. Somebody’s not living right. Go pray. It’s just karma. I don’t want anybody to get hurt, but it doesn’t happen very often against your old team. Steve Kerr treats people badly over there. That’s a tough man. I wish him a speedy recovery, but he won’t be fast. It’s going to be fast.

It will be interesting to see how the Warriors approach this year’s trade deadline after Jonathan Cumminga’s trade request and now Jimmy Butler’s season has come to an end. Nick Young Butler’s injury is a message from the basketball gods.

Jimmy Butler’s injury during the trade for Jonathan Cumminga from the Warriors

The Warriors are reportedly still planning to trade Jonathan Cummings, but the news of losing Jimmy Butler for the rest of the season changes things. Maybe The Warriors will aim higher after losing Butler.

In the meantime, Kuminga will take over increased role in Butler’s absence, as noted by ESPN’s Shams Charania.

“The Warriors are back on the rollercoaster, that’s their saga with Jonathan Cummings, and are they going to go all-in again with Cummings to see if he can play in Jimmy Butler’s absence? The focus will be squarely on him. He requested a trade last week, the first day he was eligible for a trade on Jan. 15. My sources told me that the relationship between him and Carew has improved,” Charania said at 1:30.

“Do you go back to Jonathan and come in now, given the state of the relationship, or here in the near future, do you try to find a deal on the market that can help the Warriors win and compete without Jimmy Butler? That’s a gaping hole for this team. So the two teams that have interest in Jonathan Cummings, Dallas and the Dallas Mavericks, if Dallas and the DeMar Mavericks, DeRozan and Sacra fit the bill, what could the Warriors do? need without Jimmy Butler?”

Sports center AM on Golden State Warriors‘ hard hit, season-ending torn ACL for Jimmy Butler: pic.tvitter.com/ZvVBCKsmuJ

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 20, 2026

The NBA trade deadline is February 5.