After the alarming news about Jimmy Butler wanting out of a Minnesota Timberwolves‘ jersey, jaws dropped all over the internet yesterday, and now we have more interesting news to go along with it.
Sean Deveney of Sporting News got a quote from an NBA Front Office Executive explaining the new Tom Thibodeau situation:
“No one expects Tom to coach a 25-win or even 35-win team,” one front-office executive told Sporting News. “Even if he has to agree to dissolve the contract, they’d do that before they go and trade Butler for draft picks.