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You forgot about the Jimmy Butler drama, didn’t you? The malcontent Timberwolves wing has been suiting up for the Wolves this season and some fans might’ve thought his offseason trade demand had been retracted—just like coach Tom Thibodeau hoped it would. Nope. A Halloween report from The Athletic‘s Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski says Butler will be absent […]
Never come across as desperate. It’s a philosophy that you can apply to many parts of life. That is, unless you’re part of the Houston Rockets’ front office. On Thursday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Rockets returned to the negotiating table with an offer for the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Jimmy Butler, signaling that Houston has […]
Jimmy Butler stirred the pot Monday with an Instagram post where he used a quote from Harvey Dent in the 2008 film The Dark Knight. Butler posted a photo of himself walking through a park with the caption, “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” The use […]
It’s hard to gauge the veracity of a “whisper,” but we’re gonna try. The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor included a disarming paragraph about the prospect of LeBron James teaming with Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler in his preview column on Tuesday because both Kawhi and Jimmy will be unrestricted free agents this coming summer: There are whispers around the […]
Miami Heat president Pat Riley denied claims that he called Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau a “motherf*cker” for requesting too high a price in trade negotiations for disgruntled superstar Jimmy Butler. Riley shared most of a statement on the rumor to the Heat’s official Twitter account on Oct. 12. Pat Riley Statement “As to what […]
As people around the NBA try and make sense of Jimmy Butler’s orchestrated antics during Wednesday’s Timberwolves practice, the players themselves had the day off. Instead of resting on their laurels, or throwing cupcake emojis in Karl-Anthony Towns’ IG comments, they attended a players-only meeting, called by—you guessed it—Jimmy Butler. Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler called a players-only […]
