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@Win TWINS!!! ......
You are correct on his timing...
But Minnesota’s extension offer wasn’t technically the largest possible this summer. Theoretically, the Timberwolves could have cleared cap space to renegotiate his salary upward then offered a richer extension based on his new salary.
And apparently that’s what Butler wanted – and didn’t get – before requesting a trade.
Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic:
Butler was hoping for a renegotiation and extension of his contract this summer, one that would have raised his salary for 2018-19 to $30 million and added another four years and $145 million on to that.
The Timberwolves could have trimmed their roster to only their starters – Butler, Andrew Wiggins, Jeff Teague, Taj Gibson and Karl-Anthony Towns. That would have meant using sweeteners to unload Gorgui Dieng‘s negative value contract, dumping recent first-round picks Justin Patton, Tyus Jones and Josh Okogie and not using the mid-level exception on Anthony Tolliver. Only players who signed for the minimum could have still wound up on the roster.
Minnesota still wouldn’t have had enough cap space to renegotiate Butler’s salary up to $30 million.
Perhaps, Butler wanted the Timberwolves to take more drastic measures like trading Wiggins for little to no returning salary. But they clearly weren’t going to do that, and they’d long gone down the opposite road of adding salary. They weren’t coming close to clearing the $10 million of cap space necessary to raise Butler’s salary that much.
Report: Jimmy Butler wanted Timberwolves to add four years, $155 million to his contract this summer
So, you have a guy that's "win at all costs. Put in the work and effort... do what it takes. Make the sacrifices..."
But then makes a salary demand like that, which would have gutted the roster of bench and depth.......
Me thinks his frustrations laid out regarding the young talent was all smoke and mirrors.
At any rate, he's a cancer.
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