Had the Minnesota Timberwolves traded treasure for Patrick Beverley, they would have been justified.
That the Timberwolves acquired Beverley for a failed draft pick and a back-of-the-rotation player unhappy with the organization makes Beverley's acquisition one of the great steals in modern Minnesota sports history.
Beverley is who Jimmy Butler was supposed to be.
He is a better fit than Butler ever was.
When running the Wolves, Tom Thibodeau properly diagnosed the team's problems, then came up with an unwise solution: Trading Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn and the seventh pick in the draft for Butler and Justin Patton.