In the second part of our 29-team trade series, we send Jimmy Butler to possible suitors like the San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans Pelicans, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Clippers.
Sunday was full of Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler news that could be summed up as mass hysteria, we were involved in that craziness as well.
There were possible rumors that Butler would be traded by late-Sunday night, but alas that didn’t happen and here we are waiting for the Wolves to make a decision.
In the first part of our 29-team trade series we looked at sending Butler to the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Portland Trailblazers, Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Utah Jazz.
Overall, those trade ideas didn’t necessarily make anyone excited for a deal to happen anytime soon. But, the Houston Rockets deal that could potentially send Eric Gordon and PJ Tucker was at least interesting.
If you’d like to read the first part of our trade series, click here.
Moving on, in this series we are specifically targeting the Spurs, Pelicans, Nuggets, Clippers, and Lakers in some potential deals.
We’ve chosen these teams going down the pecking order from the western standings last season, so obviously we’ll get to the bottom of the barrel in the west for our next post.
With the Spurs and Lakers makng the biggest splashes this offseason with getting DeMar DeRozan and LeBron James, they should be the most realistic teams to acquire Butler out of the five in this post that will actually re-sign him next offseason. But the Wolves don’t necessairily care about that and they really would like some assets from moving Butler.
I’m sure you’ve all heard about the drama that has ensued in Minnesota’s front office, but if you haven’t, here’s a quick synopsis.
Essentially head coach Tom Thibodeau and GM Scott Layden want to keep Butler in Minnesota.
The problem is that Butler wants out and Karl-Anthony Towns was rumored to not want to sign his extension unless Butler was sent away and Towns literally signed his extension a few nights ago (meaning we can all sleep somewhat better).
However, owner Glen Taylor said in a meeting with other front office executives recently in New York that Jimmy Butler is on the trade block, and not only that, Taylor is demanding that Thibodeau and Layden get to work finding a trade partner as soon as possible.
It’s even been rumored that Taylor wants Butler gone by Tuesday, no matter what the deal on Thibs and Layden’s table is.
Moreover, this isn’t looking good for Thibs and Layden’s job down the road, you can expect some changes at the head coach or GM positions in the near future as well.
Now that your caught up with the drama in Minnesota, let’s start by sending Jimmy Butler to San Antonio and see what we can get back for the 4-time All-Star.
All trades have been through the ESPN trade machine and contractually work out.