OT Report: Jimmy Butler rejects Minnesota Timberwolves' max extension offer

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  1. Reep

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    Reep, Jul 13, 2018
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    He needs a lot of money because he spends a lot if money. Poor guy is probably barely breaking even. Where's your compassion, man?
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Not if he's a team chemistry killer
     
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    CJ kills chemistry every night with his 1 on 3 ISO ball
     
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    Sounds like he doesn't like playing with people who are lazy, or unprofessional, or immature. Outside of Leonard, who on the Blazers fit that mold? Harkless maybe?

    As long as he and Dame are good, having a locker-room enforcer might be kind of nice. This team could use a little more of an edge.
     
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    I'm sure someone else will trade for him, and not Portland. And people here will have a cow.
     
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    As long as we have actual proof Neil did something to try to get him....
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    With many fans, just a thread where they came up with a trade that might actually work under salary cap rules, constitutes Neil doing something.
     
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    It's not just this season. Dame is extremely efficient in catch and shoot situations. When he's in a rhythm he's extremely accurate.

    Edit - this was a reply to tykendo
     
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    But then people will just say Olshey leaked that info to make it look like he tried.
     
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    Can't control em.
     
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    Pretty sure Jimmy and Kyrie are trying to eventually team up and if so in New York. That's the rumor at least, forgot where I heard it.
     
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    https://www.northjersey.com/story/s...ler-instagram-like-nba-free-agency/780912002/

    Butler obviously could be kidding or laughing at the comment, considering he also liked several other comments in that post. However, he and Kyrie Irving have the potential to become free agents after this season. Butler has a player option next offseason on the final year of his five-year, $92.3 million deal while Irving also has the ability to opt out of the last year of his five-year, $94.3 million contract.

    A report from Joe Cowley of the Chicago-Sun Times last week did suggest that Butler and Irving are looking for a way to play together.

    Irving has already said he will not sign an extension with the Celtics this summer, but that does not necessarily mean he is done in Boston. By waiting an extra year, he could make more money by signing an extension after another year of the salary cap rising. He could also make more money than on his current deal by opting for unrestricted free agency next summer.

    Waiting to sign an extension could be risky though, as Irving has an injury history that has resulted in 59 missed games over the last three seasons.

    Meanwhile, Butler is reportedly unhappy with the attitude of the Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns, as Cowley wrote in the same article.

    Both are elite guards who each averaged at least 20 points in four of the last five seasons. Should they join the Knicks, they would form one of the strongest cores in the Eastern Conference along with Kristaps Porzingis and Kevin Knox, who is looking like a steal with his play in NBA Summer League.
     
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    That last part is the saddest thing I've ever read.
     
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    That's the reason. Plain and Simple. He may not like KAT but there is no reason to take this offer now when he gets so much more later.
     
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    Only 55M after taxes. If he has no non-basketball skills, he has to divide that among the 50 years hopefully left in his life. So it's not too much if he's not careful with his money NOW.

    Oh 10% to his agent too.
     
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    He wants out. They would be dumb not to trade him. This is the exact scenario we need to take advantage of.
     
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    Gotta take the chance if it makes us better. I'd give up CJ, but it would be awesome if we didn't have to. We could hang with the Warriors if Neil could make that happen.
     
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    I bet Neil thinks CJ is better.
     
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