Butler: Heat issues in past, hungry for title with Warriors

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LOS ANGELES -- Sporting a huge smile, Jimmy Butler could not have looked any happier to be a Golden State Warrior.

Introduced to the media here with his new team, Butler said he is thrilled to have a fresh start and to be playing basketball again after a tumultuous ending with the Miami Heat.

"All of that is behind me, moving forward," Butler said when asked about the speculation that surrounded him over the past month. "I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be wanted again."

Asked if regaining his joy was just a matter of being able to put on a new jersey -- he will wear No. 10 after Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar -- and be able to play basketball again, Butler couldn't…