Jimmy Butler's Clipboard Message to Warriors Revealed by Steve Kerr After Blowout Win vs. Pelicans

Injured Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler had a simple idea for how to achieve success during his team's 138-87, blowout win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night.

Butler was seen on the sidelines holding a clipboard with some writing on it, and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr revealed the message, telling reporters that it read, "Pass to Steph," in reference to superstar guard Stephen Curry:

The 37-year-old Butler made a departure from his usual look by dressing up like the Warriors' coaches on Monday, which is an idea Kerr came up with before the game.

"It was funny because I don't know how this happened, but I told [assistant coach] Khalid [Robinson] about five minutes before the game, I told Khalid, 'One of these days, we should have Jimmy dress up like us' because he's always got some great outfit on and something fashionable, and we wear our quarter-zips and sweaters," Kerr said. "I said, 'We should really get him to dress like a coach one day,' and then he walks out, and he's dressed like us. I turned to Khalid, I said, 'Did you tell him to do that?' and he goes, 'No.' It was, I guess, mental telepathy or something. We're on the same page on that. He was enjoying himself."

Kerr was even impressed with the coaching job Butler did, saying, "He said all the right things, you know, team fouls, you know, how many team fouls we had, like he was really acting the part."

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Curry finished with 25 points, which is fairly modest by his standards, but he did tie for the team lead in scoring on Monday with Brandin Podziemski.

Golden State mostly benefited from a balanced attack with three players scoring over 20 points and six scoring in double digits.

Since starting the season 0-3, the Dubs have been on a roll, reeling off eight consecutive victories.

Making that run of success even more impressive is the fact that Butler has yet to play as he continues to recover from a torn ACL that cut his 2025-26 season short.

Until Butler is able to return to the court, it appears as though he has found a new role that suits him quite well.

Butler's next chance to lend a helping hand to the Golden State coaching staff will come Wednesday when the Warriors go on the road to face the Houston Rockets.