{"id":17087,"date":"2018-09-19T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=17087"},"modified":"2018-09-19T17:18:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T21:18:01","slug":"report-jimmy-butler-requests-trade-minnesota-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2018\/09\/19\/report-jimmy-butler-requests-trade-minnesota-timberwolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jimmy Butler Requests Trade From Minnesota Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> guard<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/butleji01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Butler<\/a><\/strong> requested a trade. He reportedly gave the Timberwolves a list of three teams he would be willing to sign an extension with, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Shams Charania of the Athletic broke the news earlier today:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jimmy Butler has requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves, league sources tell me and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonKrawczynski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JonKrawczynski<\/a>. Butler has given Minnesota a list of one-to-three teams with whom he&#39;s open to signing extension, in anticipation of trade.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1042469878949707776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Report: Jimmy Butler Requests Trade from Minnesota Timberwolves<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Butler is a four-time All-Star and led the Timberwolves with 22.2 points per game last season. A four-time All-Defensive player, Butler is known for being one of the elite defenders in the NBA. Despite making the playoffs, Minnesota fell short of <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2017\/10\/04\/minnesota-timberwolves-season-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expectations<\/a> last season. They earned the 8th seed and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/04\/15\/rockets-vs-timberwolves-series-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost in five games<\/a> to the Houston Rockets. Not soon after, there were reports that Butler was fed up with teammate <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/townska01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Potential Destinations<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Butler is entering the last year of his contract, so teams may be hesitant to give up a lot of assets for him unless they know he will sign an extension. The three teams that he is willing to sign with are reportedly the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/new-york-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Knicks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/brooklyn-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN broke the news earlier today:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Minnesota&#39;s Jimmy Butler has three preferred destinations for a trade, league sources tell ESPN: The Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks. Those three teams have max cap space to sign Butler as a free agent in July.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1042479195371266050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s dissect each landing spot.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Los Angeles Clippers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Clippers can offer Butler a chance to play in Los Angeles and have the cap space to add another star such as Kawhi Leonard to pair with him next summer. They also have to pieces to surround him with <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/07\/31\/los-angeles-clippers-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a playoff contender<\/a> this year. While their roster lacks a star, they have a surplus of good players such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harrito02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tobias Harris<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willilo02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lou Williams<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mbahalu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luc Mbah a Moute<\/a><\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bradlav01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avery Bradley, <\/a><\/strong>who\u00a0are coming off a 42-win season.<\/p>\n<p>They can offer <strong>Tom Thibodeau<\/strong> veteran players like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallida01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danilo Gallinari<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beverpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Beverley<\/a><\/strong>, Williams and attach young assets such as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/robinje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerome Robinson<\/a> and second-year players <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thornsi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sindarius Thornwell<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/evansja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jawun Evans<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s possible that Jerry West and the front office will be hesitant to part with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gilgesh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> <\/strong>or Harris, but they are players that will pique Minnesota&#8217;s interest. A package of Gallinari, Beverley, Robinson and Evans in exchange for Butler and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gibsota01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taj Gibson<\/a><\/strong> is a trade that could make sense for both sides.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>New York Knicks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/09\/06\/new-york-knicks-season-preview-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knicks<\/a> could be on the verge of building an elite team.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/porzikr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/a><\/strong> is already one of the best big men in the league, but <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/08\/21\/new-york-knicks-mitchell-robinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promising rookies<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/knoxke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Knox<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/robinmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Robinson<\/a><\/strong> could eventually make them a force in the East. New York offers Butler the chance to be in a big market and return to the easier Eastern Conference. However, while the Knicks roster is talented, it is still filled with question marks. There have been reports that Porzingis could miss the entire 2018-19 season, and while Knox and Robinson are good they are still only rookies. Butler would need more patience with this team, but in time they could become a legitimate contender.<\/p>\n<p>There are not as many trade options with the Knicks. I doubt they would give up Knox or Robinson, so conversations should begin with guard <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/ntilila01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Ntilikina<\/a><\/strong>. The Knicks could package him with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mudiaem01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmanuel Mudiay<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leeco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Courtney Lee<\/a><\/strong> to make the salaries work. New York owns all of their own future first rounders, as well.<\/p>\n<h3>Brooklyn Nets<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/08\/27\/countdown-to-nba-tip-off-brooklyn-nets-season-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nets<\/a> still present Butler the opportunity to play in New York and could also have the cap space to sign another max player next summer. <strong>Sean Marks<\/strong> and the Nets front office have <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/07\/21\/brooklyn-nets-continue-to-make-positive-moves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">done a great job<\/a> at acquiring assets despite their circumstances. That work could finally pay off. The Nets could start out with an offer of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carrode01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMarre Carroll<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/holliro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rondae Hollis-Jefferson\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>and a first-round pick. However, the Timberwolves will probably try to get players such as<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/russeda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D&#8217;Angelo Russell<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dinwisp01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Dinwiddie<\/a><\/strong> included in the package. The Nets or any of these three teams for that matter could always decide the asking price is too high and try to sign him next summer, but there are always risks using that approach <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/06\/27\/paul-george-agrees-to-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as we saw recently<\/a> with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul George<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/945009910\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/945009910?et=HciDOb2gRwRoV_CgIwDKtA&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=0Xd2RLKB9NmFBwsZJTHr7D6BYDPvK_CjLbk6H2jhsks=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler requests a trade and prefers joining the Los Angles Clippers, New York Knicks or Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2689,"featured_media":17092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1608,6,27,21,62,12,3],"tags":[231,142,189,214,202,4774,58],"class_list":["post-17087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-basketball","category-nets","category-clippers","category-timberwolves","category-nba","category-knicks","category-news","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-jimmy-butler","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba-news","tag-rumors","tag-new-york-knicks"],"modified_by":"Matthew Cardenas","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}