Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN – per usual – has illustrated the situation for the Minnesota Timberwolves more clearly for the rest of us below:
“Story filed to ESPN: Rival executives lobbing calls to Minnesota’s front office on possibility of trading for Jimmy Butler are getting inquires shut down. Minnesota is telling teams that Butler’s an elite player and franchise intends to keep him.
While we all know that Jimmy Butler is an elite player and the franchise should try and keep him, all of this awkward drama surrounding JB and the rest of the roster – namely Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins – is a little to weird for most people to comprehend the fact Butler could play a whole season with the Wolves.