I like Jimmy. God help me.

yep, fucking love Butler.

I'm at the point now where if Jimmy Butler thinks you're a lazy POS then guess what, you're a lazy POS.

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I understand the frustration with effort. My issue with Butler is he acts like a little brat about it. Money is the only reason he's requesting a trade anyway.

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They were talking this morning about how he just does not want to be in MN not so much money or respect etc. Like he wants to be in a bigger status metro area or something. I have no idea what is the whole truth but I always thought he and Thibs, Taj etc were tight.

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God help me, I like Jimmy, but putting his churlishness aside for a brief moment, the man has a lot of miles on him and a max contract isn't going to happen. With anybody. If and when he realizes this, maybe a meeting of the minds can happen.

He is. Even in his interview that was clear. He dislikes Wiggins and KAT but he primary issue is money.

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Hard to argue

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Diva Butler came in late and made a scene and then left early. That's great leadership!

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-jim ... 41875.html

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If he stays with the Timberwolves all season, they might be the #2 seed in the West.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

This story almost made me interested in the NBA.
Hilarious.

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Magnanimous Jimmy Butler.

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Jimmy Butler is pretty high maintenance for player that has never made finals, hell has he even been in a conference final?

Butler is all of us. If your company pays scrubs more than you do, but you have the company on your back...you'd be pissed to. And you'd react in different, but similar, ways...as it applies to your role and your business.

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I feel this is one of those cases where we shouldn't be comparing the employment environment of "John Q. Public" to that of a professional athlete.

Jimmy did his rookie year Boogie Cousin hasn't logged a playoff minute Unibrow isn't playoff tested

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Minnesota cancelled practice today rather than have Jimmy hurt everyones' feelings again.

At this point they should just fold this franchise.

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It is. Actually, it pretty much always is.

And you're right ... I don't know where Butler gets off pulling this crap when he's literally nothing special in the grand scheme of things. He either doesn't realize or he actively lies to himself in order to not have to consciously accept that he's closer to Mike Mitchell than he is Michael Jordan.

And Minnesota as a franchise should be embarrassed enough to just void this season now. It's a new level of NBA front office ineptitude that makes Elgin Baylor point and laugh.

Stern would've already had this collection of twats up against a wall by their throats at this point, if not well before.

Get off my lawn ... I'm busy shaking my fist at a cloud.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

ok, I had to check this, no Jimmy did not make the conference finals his rookie year they lost in the first round to Philly (Rose ACL)

Correct.

But LeBron prevented a lot of Eastern Conference players from getting to the Conference Finals, since his team was always one of the two teams. Only 12 non-carried players a year got to the EC Finals.

Had seeding gone the Bulls way, Butler might have been able to face LeBron twice in the EC Finals instead of the EC second round.

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Excuses are like assholes.

Yep. Funny how this sort of slack was never afforded to My main man Melo. All he had to do was get past the Spurs with Duncan and the Lakers with Kobe each and every year. Mind you his 2nd best player was often KDdidit Martin or Andre Miller. Butler has actually had all league guys around him and still can't do shit.

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Butler has only been REALLY good for 3 years. Not really fair to compare an over achiever to guys who came into the league dripping with talent.

MANY on here have however. Good player but the brakes should have been pumped on him several years ago. James Harden (who many on here dislike) destroyed Jimmy Butler during that series.

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James Harden destroys everyone. You know Butler was injured.

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He wasn't full strength, IMO.

Jimmy is an all star, not a superstar. I wouldn't underestimate his ability. Me defending Jimmy, God help me, might have something to do with how Scottie was treated. I see the same type of insecurities in both of them, but that shouldn't have any relevance on the judgement of their play.

He not Scottie. He's an effort player who has maximized whatever ability he had. Those types of players age poorly.

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Good player but he thinks he is a great player. He is proclaiming that they "need him". To do what get bounced in the first round of the playoffs as an 8 seed

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He probably will age poorly.

I believe they were a 3 or a 4 when he got hurt.

Other teams had more injuries. Hell Doc Rivers (much better coach than Thibs) coached 3 different rosters and still almost made it. Denver almost made Pelicans lost Boogie and finished with a better record.

Butler missed 20 games. Other teams had key guys who missed more and still outperformed them.

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