After a mildly disappointing 8-5 start to the 2018 season (now 8-6), the Philadelphia 76ers decided to take a gambit and trade for the disgruntled superstar, Jimmy Butler. Butler — who joined the Timberwolves last year to play with two 20-year-old potential superstars — is headed to an eerily similar situation with the Sixers and its own youthful star duo of Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid.
Evidently, the Wiggins-Towns-Butler trio failed. Tom Thibodeau — even with prior experience in coaching Butler — wasn’t able to crack the code. Brett Brown can’t simply plug-in Butler and expect to skyrocket to the level of the Boston Celtics or Toronto Raptors.