Throughout the past month, as the Jimmy Butler trade drama has swirled around the Timberwolves, coach Tom Thibodeau has insisted his team would be able to block out the noise and make sure Butler’s demands would not keep the team from winning.
Thibodeau would say that this happens to every team at one point or another, and that this is nothing new in the course of NBA events.
But after the Bucks dominated the Wolves 125-95 on their home floor and brought out the boos in the fans at Target Center, it was fair to wonder if the Butler chatter is beginning to overwhelm the team, considering Friday’s loss, the most lopsided of the Thibodeau era, came just a day after a report of a new trade offer surfaced from the Rockets.