{"id":153628,"date":"2018-09-19T15:43:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=153628"},"modified":"2018-09-20T08:18:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T13:18:28","slug":"wolves-butler-requests-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=153628","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Jimmy Butler requests trade"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"St. Paul\u00a0\u00a0 (Pioneer Press)\u00a0 Jimmy Butler has requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves, a source confirmed to the Pioneer Press.<\/p>\n

Photo:\u00a0 Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Athletic was the first to report Butler\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Butler made the request Tuesday in a much-anticipated meeting in Los Angeles with Wolves\u2019 coach Tom Thibodeau.<\/p>\n

The All-NBA\u2019s wing\u2019s request comes six days before the start of Timberwolves\u2019 training camp, and five days before the team\u2019s media day, placing the team in a tight spot this late in the offseason.<\/p>\n

When reached for comment regarding the news, Bernie Lee, Butler\u2019s agent, said he has \u201cabsolutely no comment on that. Any reports circulating are 100 percent news to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Butler turned down a relatively modest 4-year, $110 million contract extension offer from the team this summer.<\/p>\n

This is Butler\u2019s last season under contract in Minnesota. The Timberwolves could offer him a five-year, $188 million deal next offseason, far more lucrative than any deal he can get from another franchise. But it doesn\u2019t look like they\u2019ll get the chance.<\/p>\n

ESPN reported that Butler\u2019s three preferred trade destinations are the Nets, Knicks and Clippers.<\/p>\n

There have also been questions about Butler\u2019s relationship with younger teammates Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns. But Thibodeau \u2014 who\u2019s also Minnesota\u2019s president of basketball operations \u2014 has downplayed any rumors of discontent from within the franchise all summer.<\/p>\n

Butler\u2019s impact on the Wolves was easy to see last season. The guard willed Minnesota to the playoffs, snapping a 13-year postseason drought.<\/p>\n

But after dealing several promising young pieces for Butler last offseason, there\u2019s pressure on Thibodeau and Co. to recoup value in a potential trade of Butler, should they indeed choose to make one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. Paul\u00a0\u00a0 (Pioneer Press)\u00a0 Jimmy Butler has requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves, a source confirmed to the Pioneer Press. Photo:\u00a0 Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Athletic was the first to report Butler\u2019s request. Butler made the request Tuesday in a much-anticipated meeting in Los Angeles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":153629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153663,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153628\/revisions\/153663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/153629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}