Jimmy Buckets wants out of Minnesota.
During a much-publicized high stakes meeting with head coach and team president Tom Thibodeau, All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler requested that the Minnesota Timberwolves trade him, according to Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic.
Charania reports that Butler — whom the Wolves acquired at the 2017 NBA draft in a deal that sent guards Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn, along with a draft pick that became forward Lauri Markkanen, to Chicago — has “given Minnesota a list of one-to-three teams with whom he’s open to signing [an] extension.” Butler can enter unrestricted free agency after the 2019-20 season.
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