The Warriors are receiving everything they could have asked for by trading for Jimmy Butler, and the feeling is mutual. Golden State’s veteran forward spoke to reporters after the Warriors’ 130-120 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday at Chase Center and was asked about the team’s IQ being an integral part of the team’s success. “IQ is big here, especially with Steph [Curry] and with [Draymond Green],” Butler said.
The Breakdown | France buy-in to monster pack blueprint threatens reimagined future
Oscar Jégou’s fine Dublin performance brings into focus the potential impact of forwards who can play anywhere
The Six Nations title is still theoretically on the line entering the final weekend. But, let’s be honest, if France display the same power against Scotland as they did against Ireland in Dublin there is only one probable outcome. Even minus the unfortunate Antoine Dupont, now facing a long lay-off because of damaged knee ligaments, France have frightening reserves of strength and depth.
How good, for example, was the young back-row forward Oscar Jégou after he arrived off the bench to replace the centre Pierre-Louis Barassi? The 21-year-old from La Rochelle did not simply make a try-scoring impact; he made every specialist centre in the competition shift uneasily in their seats. Why bother with a subtle, ball-playing 12 or 13 when you have a 6ft 3in Superman who makes old-school positional orthodoxies redundant?
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