Though it’s not quite the Dwight “Dwightmare” Howard trade request of yore, the Jimmy Butler saga in Minnesota reached its nadir Wednesday, when Butler basically used ESPN as his personal PR firm to accelerate his departure from the Timberwolves. Butler’s practice stunt was absurd. He (reportedly) teamed up with the Wolves’ third string so he could embarrass Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Wiggins in a scrimmage. Within seconds, news of Butler’s ass-whooping made it to Adrian Wojnarowski’s Twitter feed (Jimmy’s back!), and the farce ended with a sitdown interview with Rachel Nichols, in which Butler said the situation in Minnesota isn’t fixable.
Nobody Is Winning the Jimmy Butler Saga
