What do the Knicks, the Nets and the Clips have in common (apart from being big market teams)? They can trade for Butler and then create enough cap space to go after Kyrie next summer.
Assuming Butler wants to team up with Kyrie (and vice versa), I'd offer Kyrie to the Wolves in exchange for KAT+fillers. It's a longshot, but stranger things have happened. At the end of the day, this is possibly the only way for Thibs to keep Butler in Minny.
I get that Kyrie is the better fit for the C's. Having said that,
- KAT is about 4 years younger.
- He has never missed a game during his 3 seasons in the league.
- We already have a starting-caliber PG in Rozier.
- Horford is on the wrong side of 30.
terrible idea because neither butler nor kyrie want to be in Minnesota. Butler burned that bridge today. There’s no turning back from a trade request. He essentially told everyone in Minnesota “I hate you.” This isn’t nba 2k
For what it's worth, Kyrie had the Wolves on his list of preferred trade destinations last summer.
Spurs, Heat, Knicks, Wolves. This was the list.
As for Butler, I bet the Wolves front office would be happy to see him re-sign with them, no matter what happened today. Chances are that the same goes for the vast majority of the fans.