The Lakers made some key offseason additions in Deandre Ayton, Marcus Smart, and Jake LaRavia, while the Warriors added a couple of new players of their own in Al Horford and De'A

Butler remains one of the league's most exciting two-way players as he enters his 15th NBA season. The 36-year-old wing appeared in 30 regular season games for the Warriors last year, averaging 17.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.7 steals in 32.7 minutes per game while shooting 47.6% from the field and 27.9% from three-point range.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors will likely be without two of their regular starters for their preseason finale. Jimmy Butler has been dealing with an ankle injury for the past week, missing two games.

The Golden State Warriors received these two major injury updates from their star forwards, Jimmy Butler and Jonathan Kuminga.

The Golden State Warriors received a positive injury update on Jimmy Butler and Jonathan Kuminga before Tuesday's season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers.

After falling behind by as much as six in the third, a quirky lineup of Gui Santos, Al Horford, Buddy Hield, Brandin Podziemski and Moses Moody helped cut the deficit to just one before Jimmy Butler’s two free throws gave the Warriors a brief lead.

Steve Kerr shared an update on Jimmy Butler’s ankle injury before the Warriors begin their season against the Lakers.