Jimmy Butler is headed to the Golden State Warriors after one of the most tumultuous trade requests in recent NBA history. News of Butler's desire to get traded first came in December and then culminated with three separate suspensions as the situation grew increasingly intolerable for the Heat.

Normally, NBA locker rooms are open to reporters for a 45-minute window pregame, but on Wednesday night, the Golden State Warriors raised alarm bells that they might have a deal imminent on the eve of the NBA trade deadline when they kicked all the reporters out so that Steve Kerr could address the team privately ahead of their matchup with the Utah Jazz.

New Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler seemed pretty amped about being traded from the Miami Heat on Wednesday. Butler took to social media after news broke about his trade and new contract extension with the Warriors with a clip of a mysterious country music song ( potentially one of his own since he’s pursuing the genre ).