Overview
- Butler posted on the Warriors’ Instagram, telling fans not to vote for him for the 2026 All-Star Game and to start a GoFundMe to send him to Barbados.
- He is averaging about 19.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists in his first full season with Golden State.
- The six-time All-Star last made the team in 2021–22, and current coverage reads his comment as a tongue-in-cheek rejection of the exhibition.
- Golden State’s uneven start includes an 14–15 record and spacing concerns that coach Steve Kerr has acknowledged as the team leans heavily on Stephen Curry and Butler.
- Reports of a heated timeout exchange between Draymond Green and Kerr and the NBA’s planned U.S. vs. World round-robin for 2026 frame broader questions about engagement and competitiveness.