Jimmy Butler/T’Wolves Saga Is Over
When the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired Jimmy Butler from the Chicago Bulls during the 2017 NBA Draft, Tom Thibodeau and the rest of the organization had hoped Butler could be a key to bringing winning basketball back to the city.
Instead, the Minnesota Timberwolves a year later are moving on from the frustrated star in a move that was all but imminent.
The Minnesota Timberwolves agreed to terms on a trade that will send Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers in return for Robert Covington and Dario Saric.
Butler demanded a trade back in the beginning of August, a request not surprising given his shattered relationship on the court with Minnesota’s players that included Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins and supposedly the front office.
The two-way star refused to sign a max contract extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves this past offseason, a blow to the Timberwolves franchise that still tried to be persistent in the face of Butler’s chaos and controversy that has engulfed the team since the beginning of training camp.
A tirade thrown in his first practice with the team during training camp and a willingness to be a distraction for the team proved to be his final images for a Minnesota Timberwolves team that is now 4-9 on the season with an 0-8 record on the road.
The Philadelphia 76ers have begun the season slow at 8-5, but now figure to elevate closer to the elite of the Eastern Conference.
With a team that already features a ready-made superstar in Joel Embiid and a talented and potentially transcendent player in Ben Simmons who is beyond his years from a mental standpoint, the gap on paper is no longer a wide one from the likes of the Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics and now Milwaukee Bucks.
Butler’s first game with the team will be on Monday when the Philadelphia 76ers visit South Beach to take on the Miami Heat.
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