The Timberwolves plan to offer guard Jimmy Butler a contract extension in the four-year, $110MM range as soon as they’re eligible to do so, Marc Stein of The New York Times tweets. That, however, doesn’t mean that he’ll necessarily sign it.
Due to limitations of the contract extension scale in place, Butler would only be eligible sign for as much as $24.5MM in 2019/20. That mark falls well short of the projected first year of a max contract for a player with Butler’s service should he choose to enter free agency in 2019.
Butler will be 29 years old this time next year, with eight years of NBA experience. While the actual figures will change when the 2019/20 salary figures are released, he would be eligible to sign for north of $30MM based on this year’s figures and is still young enough to make a serious case for a full five-year deal.
Butler posted 22.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game in his first season with the Timberwolves and emerged as a driving force behind Minnesota’s return to the postseason for the first time in 2004.
Jimmy hopes it includes a “Tibbs has to let me sit when we’re up by 17 in the last 2 minutes” clause
Only way I see him signing an extension with the wolves is if they trade Wiggins honestly. They seems like they’re not on the same page at all.
KAT, Wiggins, Butler, Thibs all aren’t on the same page.
I like Butler, but someone should let him know this is not Chicago, these are the T’wolves which is KAT’s team, so he should focus in defence & then share the rest of the shots after KAT between him & Wiggins as 2nd or 3rd option, just realize you are a star… but KAT is a superstar.