Woj says Jimmy is trying to force his way onto the Clippers.

Jon Krawczynski

@JonKrawczynski

I'm told Jimmy Butler's decision had very little if anything to do with Towns and Wiggins. More to do with contractual matters.

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Its why he was mad about the Bulls trading him. Under the current CBA he would have had to receive the supermax deal if he had made All NBA.

Whoever signs him to a max deal will be screwed. That money should be reserved for true franchise players. Butler isn't that plus he will be 30 by the time the deal kicks in. He has only played in more than 68 games twice in 7 years.

He has the type of game that doesn't age well either. I wouldn't touch him.

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Completely agree. I would love to have a Jimmy Butler on my team but I'm not giving him $200M.

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Remember Iso Butler? I sure do. That seems to have been part of the problem also. They never went to Towns at all down the stretch and Butler froze him out. Its the same thing he used to do with the Bulls.
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/ ... 0087917415

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If Thibs doesn't trade Butler he is an idiot. No way risk him walking for nothing. If that happens he is gone after this season. Probably gone anyway. He has wrecked the damn franchise with his bone headed moves.

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I would call his bluff. Butler isn't leaving because I doubt anyone wants to give a 30 year old primarily effort guy a max deal. Especially with his miles.

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The TWolves with Butler are the team to beat in the West in 2018-19.

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Yeah the most he can make is still with them. If its about money he stays. I think he has surmised that the Supermax deal is ticketed for Towns and he is trying to get out in front of it. He will still get his money but it won't be Supermax money.

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What a shitshow
Fuck Butler

what?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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Thibs isn't as dumb as he looks, Jimmy has a big mouth, and Towns and Wiggins need to grow up.

Owner should play it out and see what's what on Jan 1. He probably won't though because he's panicked.

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Thibs has fucked this team up. They were set up to be one of the best teams in the West but his "win now" bullshit has completely killed them. GarPax as I always believed (along with Matches Malone) , were right to whack his dumbass. I actually feel bad for the Wolves and their fans. They had it pegged with him from the gate if you read a lot of their blogs. They are good NBA fans and deserve better than that clown and the bullshit that he selling.

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Looks like the owner may have to step in here. Thibs doesn’t want to trade him

Owner’s in New York today for the league meetings. It’d be fun to see Kyrie, Jimmy, and Porzingis together on the Knicks.

Works for me.

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This dude is everything that people inside the Bulls org claimed that he was. Everything.

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From Cowley...

Jimmy Butler is the Black Mamba 2.0

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I'm certain that Butler was the source. Joe Cowley continues to write puff piece articles where Butler is concerned.

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How the fuck is Harrison Barnes making more than anyone on the Warriors except Steph Curry.

Timberwolves owner has ceded to all of Thibs requests. Including trading the owner's favorite player Ricky Rubio. Rubio's a year or two younger than Butler, despite both entering the league the same year.

Doesn't make sense for the Wolves to trade away Rubio and give up draft picks to bring in a "win now" guy like Butler in the midst of the Warriors dynasty. Towns and Wiggins are young enough that by the time the Warriors break up/fall off they'll only be in their mid-20's.

@wojespn: Story filed to ESPN: As Minnesota’s front office tells inquiring rivals that team has no plans to trade Jimmy Butler, owner Glen Taylor had a different message at NBA’s Board of Governors meetings: Butler is available and owners/GM’s should contact Taylor himself if necessary.


So both Jimmy AND Thibs are gone before the season starts.

Has Taylor made a good deal? He repeatedly fucks up his team and undermines the people he put in charge.

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Minnesota is in shambles.

Can't have your owner neutering the Coach/GM/whatever Thibs is.

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I've always thought Thibs should just to Indiana where he could be Surpreme Basketball Overlord and everyone would love him for it. I know he doesnt want to be in the NCAA but he would be dealing with none of this shit if he was raising banners at IU. He wouldn't even need to recruit, just hire him some assistants to do it. Especially with one-and-done imminently going away, its going to become a lot more about building a program and a system. The kind of daily grind that Thibs and those like him just adore.

He's probably too old for it now. Maybe when he was in his 50's.