In general, it does seem like this might be the best way to get a better package. Unless Jimmy gets hurt. Also: how does KAT, you know, the franchise player, feel?
There will be a team during the regular season that thinks they are a Jimmy Butler away from competing for a championship. Don’t be surprised when Minnesota gets a more appealing offer compared to now.
Take a step back to take 2 steps forward: 1. Fire Thibs. 2. Trade Jimmy to the Eastern conference. Prioritize youth and/or picks (and short vet contracts). 3. Hire a young, innovative coach. 4. Build around KAT. 5. Draft shooters and long wings. 6. Or sell the team.
Butler is a good but not top 10 player. KAT needs to grow thicker skin. Wiggins is a disappointing player. Thibs is a 90s/00s Coach used to thriving in meyham. (Read about his Knicks days). All can be true. Leadership starts w/ ownership. That’s where change needs to occur.
One fact no big-outlet reporter will touch, because this is mostly where their information comes from, but Jimmy Butler’s #TWolves saga just happened to coincide with the year he switched agents. And let me tell you, Bernie Lee is a piece of work. #NBA
A lot of Minnesota players left Timberwolves practice today energized by Butler's performance, mesmerized with him taking end-of-the-bench players and running the table on the regulars, sources said. At the end, he marched out like if a mic drop. Butler delivered a tour de force.