LOS ANGELES – A little more than three hours before the Warriors tipped off their 2025-26 NBA regular season, Jimmy Butler called to his co-star on social media.

No words needed, the two pictures on his Instagram story did all the talking.

Butler, or Robin as he began calling himself last season, put out the Bat-Signal for his Batman, Steph Curry, to be the hero the Warriors have needed for nearly two decades now. The next picture was an old-school cartoon version of characters with Robin right behind Batman. That’s what Butler has made most clear since was traded to the Warriors last February: Everything in the franchise is only possible because of Curry.

But roles felt reversed Tuesday night in the Warriors’ season-opening 119-109 win against the Los Angeles Lakers at Cryto.com Aren

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