Last year, the Minnesota Timberwolves made a huge trade on draft night by acquiring star Jimmy Butler. As you may recall, the Wolves gave up guards Zach Lavine, Kris Dunn and the seventh pick to the Chicago Bulls for Butler and the 16th pick. The Wolves then drafted forward Justin Patton and the Bulls drafted Lauri Markkanen.
Butler was reunited with his former Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau.
“We were looking at all the possibilities,” Thibodeau told KSTP.com after the trade. “If there was a way to get a player of Jimmy’s ability, we were going to do it.