What can the Warriors expect from ‘Playoff Jimmy’ Butler in the play-in and beyond?

SAN FRANCISCO – For the past two months, visiting teams who pass through the Bay Area have mentioned his name with reverence. 

His own teammates and coaches speak of him with a level of awe more befitting an ancient deity than a basketball player. 

And as the 82-game regular season gives way to the postseason, “Playoff Jimmy” — the alter ego that Jimmy Butler takes on from late April into June — is almost here.

Starting on Tuesday in the play-in tournament home game against Memphis...