Everybody's got Jimmy Butler thoughts. The bellicose Timberwolves star set the internet ablaze on Wednesday with his expletive-filled practice peacocking. Former Wolves star Kevin Garnett spoke at length about the situation, and now Thunder wing, and Butler buddy, Paul George, has spoken up in support:
Here's the entirety of his comments, which appear to mirror most of Butler's talking points with Rachel Nichols:
We're worn down by this whole thing, so the Wolves must be exhausted. The public way Jimmy's shamed them since asking for a trade might actually lower his trade value, and as KG commented, he might not really have the juice to demand a trade in the first place. According to Butler, he voiced his desire for a trade less than a week after last season ended. If that's the case, Tom Thibodeau is the real culprit behind this whole soap opera. The perception of Thibodeau as a grizzled hobbit who lives to watch film and strategize X's and O's, conflicts with all the fireworks we've seen over the last week. He could easily have squelched them by trading Jimmy to Miami.
Many think owner Glen Taylor should just fire Thibs, but we understand why the whole ordeal has reached a bit of a stalemate. Should Thibs get canned, the Wolves would still be on the hook for the rest of the five-year, $40 million deal he signed in the spring of 2016. He hasn't even coach the second year of that deal, which is probably why he's comfortable holding firm on his desire to keep Jimmy, even if his presence tears the team apart from the inside.
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