It has been another busy day of Jimmy Butler rumors, with the latest whispers suggesting that Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor wants to make a deal soon, and that the Cavaliers are among the teams with interest in the All-Star swingman.
We have a few more Butler-related items to pass along to finish off the weekend, so let’s dive in and round up the latest….
- Pat Riley and the Heat have been “as aggressive as any team” so far in pursuing a Butler trade, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link), who adds that Timberwolves ownership would still like to find a deal by early this week.
- Noting that the Heat have long been fans of Butler, Anthony Chiang and Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald confirm that the club is “aggressively” pursuing a trade for the 29-year-old. While Miami would likely be willing to give up Justise Winslow in a Butler deal, it’s not clear if the team would open to including Josh Richardson or Bam Adebayo, per the Herald report. As Jackson tweets, the Heat also wouldn’t be going after Butler unless they believed they could lock him up long-term.
- The Timberwolves have told at least one interested team that they can get a good player back in a Butler deal, tweets Darren Wolfson of 5 Eyewitness News. Wolfson also hears that the Raptors are interested in Butler.
- Despite the Timberwolves‘ lack of leverage, they should be able to do pretty well in a trade, given the number of teams that view Butler as their potential difference-maker, opines Jerry Zgoda of The Star Tribune (via Twitter).
The “SPURS” … ???
Can Minnesota just trade him already? Watch him go somewhere we will all just say really?!!! All the speculation for what?
Lakers???!! Haha. They need anything they can get if they want to beat GS. If only…
the lakers are better than u think
Think the priority should be dumping Diengs contract in any Butler deal.
That’s a tall order because Butler is already a rental so how much will you get back for him… and then you’re throwing in a fat contract on top of it. Minnesota wants at least something back so I’m wondering how that would work?
3 team trade
76ers get:
Butler
Suns get:
Wilson Chandler & Tyus Jones
Minnesota gets:
Fultz, Furkan Korkmaz, TJ Warren and some heavily protected 1st that most likely will be 2nds.
The Hornets can offer Malik Monk to Minnesota, I don’t see Philly getting rid of Fultz what so ever. Everyone on this site thinks I’m crazy about Malik Monk but I think he is due for a huge year whether that’s coming off the bench or starting. Malik Monk is a cold blooded scorer and would compliment Wiggins who’s more of a BETA personality. Obviously the Hornets get an all-star in return in Jimmy Butler but for Minnesota they need to trade for a player who fits in with Towns and Wiggins and do a lot of what Lavine used to do in Minnesota and that is Monk.
Magic might have what Timberwolves want but does he want to go their.
Trade him back to Chicago for Lavine. We’ll keep Dunn and Lauri. Please and thank you.
i think hes worn out his welcome in chicago, honestly.