Minnesota signs KAT to the max, reports Butler most likely traded within days.
I read the same thing. Apparently the GM was rejecting calls and the owner got in the middle and said they should trade him ASAP. This is just too much fun
I found something out over the weekend that puts a lot of this into perspective. Apparently Jimmy Butler boned KAT's girlfriend late in the season. If you google it, a few outlets have reported it. KAT even deleted all the most recent pictures of him and his ex-GF (there are older photos on there) from his Instagram. That really now makes sense where the tension between KAT and Butler is, and while Wiggins has his own issues, perhaps that's why Wiggins and Butler don't mesh (Wiggins and KAT are tight, and I am assuming Wiggins stood up for his buddy).
Add to that, that Taylor is extremely close to Wiggins, and to KAT, and it makes even more sense that if you assume for a second GLen Taylor found out about this recently, why he immediately took the situation in-hand, and said he'll trade Butler, and KAT immediately signed once that was announced. My best bet is, Taylor and KAT met, KAT told him what was up, and Taylor went livid.
Good.
Once Butler is gone, I foresee Taylor letting Thibs and Layden go too. If the team is .500, I don't expect those two to last beyond the 2018 calendar year. If you took note of KAT's message when he got signed, he talked about upholding the ideals of the late Flip Saunders. Nowhere in it did he reference Thibs. Now, read the tea leaves...Ryan Saunders, Flip's son, is on Thibs' coaching staff, and has been an assistant coach for years. It would not surprise me in the least if Taylor axed Thibs and Layden, and installed Saunders (who would have the support of KAT and Wiggins) as head coach.
I'm not talking about in the next week or so, but around the first of the year. Just enough time so that Taylor can further evaluate what they are doing, and then make the change.
What a cluster. But I am happy that Butler is gone. While there are scumbags everywhere, if that stuff regarding boning KAT's GF is true (and I believe it is), that's really low. F that guy.