The Jimmy Butler thread

I hope for two things:

1) We trade Wiggins for player who fit with JB and then obviously re-sign JB
2) Thibs has promised TJ that Teague will gone and starting PG will be Tyus

Slim Tubby · Post #8 » by **Slim Tubby** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:17 pm

Uh oh...with all the rumors that Jimmy was the one responsible for creating a toxic environment in CHI, maybe it's time to trade Wiggins AND Butler and make this KAT's team. I'd be more than happy to take Ingram, Kuzma and #25 in exchange for Buckets. Send Wiggins to MEM for Parsons and #4.

4. W Luka Doncic
20. W Keita Bates-Diop
25. C/F Moritz Wagner
48. SG Malik Newman
Sign W Rodney Hood (MLE)
Sign G Derrick Rose (Vet Min)

C KAT/Dieng/Patton
PF Gibson/Kuzma/Wagner
SF Ingram/KBD/Hood
SG Doncic/Newman
PG Teague/Rose/Jones

Slim Tubby · Post #9 » by **Slim Tubby** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:20 pm

minimus wrote:
zshawn10 wrote:

Read on Twitter

I hope for two things:

1) We trade Wiggins for player who fit with JB and then obviously re-sign JB
2) Thibs has promised TJ that Teague will gone and starting PG will be Tyus

I don't see #2 happening. It's almost a forgone conclusion that Teague will opt in on the 3rd year of his after next season. He's not going to get $19M/year from anyone. The Wiggins, Teague and Dieng contracts are just crippling this team and it's potential step up to the next level.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #10 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:34 pm

I dont mind Teague. Hes stupid and sucks on defense but when he plays with fire, hes a damn good player.

Wiggins just flat out sucks. Dont blame Jimmy for not liking him, who would?

Post #11 » by **Calinks** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:19 pm

Wiggins has so much to prove. Big let down of a season.

CP1981 · Post #12 » by **CP1981** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:49 pm

Apparently Teague went to Thibs asking him to play Tyus more. Didn't seem to work but he cant be called a bad teammate. He even mentioned it
In interviews that Tyus and the bench should play more

AirP. · Post #13 » by **AirP.** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:12 pm

Folklore · Post #14 » by **Folklore** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:27 pm

Slim Tubby wrote:
minimus wrote:
zshawn10 wrote:

Read on Twitter

I hope for two things:

1) We trade Wiggins for player who fit with JB and then obviously re-sign JB
2) Thibs has promised TJ that Teague will gone and starting PG will be Tyus

I don't see #2 happening. It's almost a forgone conclusion that Teague will opt in on the 3rd year of his after next season. He's not going to get $19M/year from anyone. The Wiggins, Teague and Dieng contracts are just crippling this team and it's potential step up to the next level.

Thibs crippled this team, with some help from Glen. I bet Jimmy would love to play with someone with some dog in them like Zach.

Folklore · Post #15 » by **Folklore** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:32 pm

CP1981 wrote:Apparently Teague went to Thibs asking him to play Tyus more. Didn't seem to work but he cant be called a bad teammate. He even mentioned it
In interviews that Tyus and the bench should play more

Is that why he looked like Mark Madsen on the bench when he was hurt? It makes him seem more disinterested in playing rather than being a good teammate. And someone getting paid as much as he is shouldn't be asking for less playing time.

AirP. · Post #16 » by **AirP.** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:26 pm

Read on Twitter

CP1981 · Post #17 » by **CP1981** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:02 pm

Folklore wrote:
CP1981 wrote:Apparently Teague went to Thibs asking him to play Tyus more. Didn't seem to work but he cant be called a bad teammate. He even mentioned it
In interviews that Tyus and the bench should play more

Is that why he looked like Mark Madsen on the bench when he was hurt? It makes him seem more disinterested in playing rather than being a good teammate. And someone getting paid as much as he is shouldn't be asking for less playing time.

Lol what. I guess cheering for your teammates is bad. If he was on the bench sulking he would have been accused of being a bad teammate

And I'm sure he wanted Tyus to play more after he came back from his injury. It was pretty clear he wasnt 100 % when he came back and Tyus played well when he was out. Plus he thought him and Tyus could have played together

Maybe next time he will sit on the bench and pout and ask Thibs to play him 40 minutes a game . Maybe you would like that better

AirP. · Post #18 » by **AirP.** » Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:38 pm

CP1981 wrote:And I'm sure he wanted Tyus to play more after he came back from his injury. It was pretty clear he wasnt 100 % when he came back and Tyus played well when he was out. Plus he thought him and Tyus could have played together.

Playing 2 PGs at the same time isn't Teague's call and you can toss in he had a hard enough time guarding PGs, who was suppose to guard SGs

CP1981 wrote:Maybe next time he will sit on the bench and pout and ask Thibs to play him 40 minutes a game . Maybe you would like that better

Yes, he played 40 minutes in the regular season twice under Thibs this year, last year in Indiana 5 times. Overall he played about .6 minutes more a game this year which had a lot to do with how bad the bench was, hopefully with Crawford gone we won't see missed shots jacked up so quickly watching leads evaporate or holes being dug at an incredible rate. It would be interesting to see the rate of possessions per 48 minutes the bench was playing at vs the starters.

AirP. · Post #19 » by **AirP.** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:07 pm

He's still on vacation.

Post #20 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jul 3, 2018 6:15 pm

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2784320-nba-rumors-kyrie-irving-jimmy-butler-trying-to-play-together-for-east-team

Rumor is Jimmy is fed up with the young pups. Wants to go east and steam roll teams there by teaming up with Irving.