Our Warriors vs. Pistons predictions expect Cade Cunningham to be at his best against a short-handed Golden State squad.

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The Golden State Warriors will visit the Detroit Pistons on Thursday for a cross-conference clash in the NBA. Detroit is 19-18 overall to rank eighth in the East and 9-8 at home, while Golden State is 18-18 overall -- ranking ninth in the West -- and 8-8 on the road.

Jimmy Butler's efforts to force his way off the Miami Heat have proved fruitless thus far. But it's early days yet. It's been about a month since rumors first popped up that Butler wanted a trade and less than a week since he made it public before getting suspended for conduct detrimental to the team.

That doesn't necessarily mean that there will be a flury of trades between now and the NBA trade deadline on Feb. 6, but that won't stop the rumor mill from churning until then. Here are the latest NBA trade rumors: Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler wants to be traded before the Feb.

The Miami Heat were at Chase Center on Tuesday night. Jimmy Butler wasn’t. The temperamental superstar’s feud with his organization reached a boiling point in recent days, with Butler’s demands to be traded resulting in a suspension handed down by the team that just so happened to coincide with its six-game swing up and down the West Coast.