Jimmy Butler (Merged Threads)

[liam]

geez what Houston thinking..Gordon and Tucker for Butler is a no-brainer..tucker just a role player, Gordon has injuries history..Butler could put Houston on top..only question be bench unit

Yeah, if that's the trade with a pick thrown in, Houston should do it...

[wiley]

geez what Houston thinking..Gordon and Tucker for Butler is a no-brainer..tucker just a role player, Gordon has injuries history..Butler could put Houston on top..only question be bench unit

I think you're underrating the Tucker/Gordon duo.  Rewatch last year's playoff series with Golden State.

[SparzWizard]

geez what Houston thinking..Gordon and Tucker for Butler is a no-brainer..tucker just a role player, Gordon has injuries history..Butler could put Houston on top..only question be bench unit

It's like trying to trade Rozier and Smart for Jimmy Butler

[nickagneta]

Well, if Houston does that trade they have a starting five of Paul, Harden, Butler, Anthony and Capella. Great sounding lineup but actually a lineup with 4 guys whose games are best with the ball in their hands.

Then of course you are stuck with this awful bench:

Brandon Knight
Marquis Chriss
Nene
Zhou Qi
Micheal Carter-Williams
Gerald Green
James Ennis
Gary Clark
Isaiah Hartenstein
Bruno Coboclo
Vince Edwards.

So though Houston gets the best player losing Tucker as a great role playing 3 and D guy out of the starting lineup and Gordon as their 6th man could seriously hurt their team chemistry.

Knight is always injured
Nene is a shell of his former self
Green is allergic to defense and very erratic
MCW has been awful since his rookie year
Edward's, Coboclo, Qi, Hadtenstein and Clark have little to no NBA experience

That leaves Chriss as the only possible good bench player.
 

[Moranis]

geez what Houston thinking..Gordon and Tucker for Butler is a no-brainer..tucker just a role player, Gordon has injuries history..Butler could put Houston on top..only question be bench unit

It's like trying to trade Rozier and Smart for Jimmy Butler

I'd do that.

[liam]

geez what Houston thinking..Gordon and Tucker for Butler is a no-brainer..tucker just a role player, Gordon has injuries history..Butler could put Houston on top..only question be bench unit

It's like trying to trade Rozier and Smart for Jimmy Butler

I'd do that.

The Celtics can't do this trade until Smart is trade eligible but I would do it.

[MattyIce]

Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler called a players-only meeting today, airing his feelings toward situation and management, per league sources. Butler expressed to players he would compete with them, as signs pointing to him staying with the franchise into the regular season.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1050454958280204294

[fairweatherfan]

Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler called a players-only meeting today, airing his feelings toward situation and management, per league sources. Butler expressed to players he would compete with them, as signs pointing to him staying with the franchise into the regular season.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1050454958280204294

This is amazing - some T'Wolves players are denying any players' meeting happened, followed by Butler going on the record to ESPN to "confirm" the meeting. And the best part is they canceled practice to avoid any more drama 

Butler's really working the media with this stuff here. Gonna try and just embarrass the franchise til they dump him, it looks like.

[celticsclay]

geez what Houston thinking..Gordon and Tucker for Butler is a no-brainer..tucker just a role player, Gordon has injuries history..Butler could put Houston on top..only question be bench unit

It's like trying to trade Rozier and Smart for Jimmy Butler

I'd do that.

I probably would like that deal also, but we would have to make follow up trades with no backup  shooting guard or point guard?

[johnnygreen]

I wonder if Houston would have made that deal if they hadn't already acquired Carmelo. Having 3 starters that need the ball to be effective is one thing, but adding a fourth would be a stretch.

[SparzWizard]

geez what Houston thinking..Gordon and Tucker for Butler is a no-brainer..tucker just a role player, Gordon has injuries history..Butler could put Houston on top..only question be bench unit

It's like trying to trade Rozier and Smart for Jimmy Butler

I'd do that.

I probably would like that deal also, but we would have to make follow up trades with no backup  shooting guard or point guard?

That's what Perry Dozier and Brad Wanamaker are for 

[MattyIce]

Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler called a players-only meeting today, airing his feelings toward situation and management, per league sources. Butler expressed to players he would compete with them, as signs pointing to him staying with the franchise into the regular season.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1050454958280204294

This is amazing - some T'Wolves players are denying any players' meeting happened, followed by Butler going on the record to ESPN to "confirm" the meeting. And the best part is they canceled practice to avoid any more drama 

Butler's really working the media with this stuff here. Gonna try and just embarrass the franchise til they dump him, it looks like.

meeting was supposedly today, practice was yesterday

[celticsclay]

one of his interviews i saw was pretty incoherent

[hwangjini_1]

one of his interviews i saw was pretty incoherent

so you are saying he is a regular poster here? 

[fairweatherfan]

Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler called a players-only meeting today, airing his feelings toward situation and management, per league sources. Butler expressed to players he would compete with them, as signs pointing to him staying with the franchise into the regular season.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1050454958280204294

This is amazing - some T'Wolves players are denying any players' meeting happened, followed by Butler going on the record to ESPN to "confirm" the meeting. And the best part is they canceled practice to avoid any more drama 

Butler's really working the media with this stuff here. Gonna try and just embarrass the franchise til they dump him, it looks like.

meeting was supposedly today, practice was yesterday

I know. They canceled today's practice to avoid another embarrassing story and instead they got Schrodinger's player meeting.