Miami Heat emerged as the front-runner to acquire Minnesota Timberwolves’ All-Star Jimmy Butler according to ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski. After several proposals have been rejected in the past couple of days, Heat made revised trade offer on Wednesday and are hoping they are getting close to Timberwolves’ asking price for Butler.

Heat and Timberwolves have been engaged in talks for two weeks, but are unable to find common ground just yet. Minnesota has high demands for Butler, who asked for a trade before the beginning of training camp, and would like to get a combination of useful players, young prospects and draft picks. In talks with Miami, they are reportedly asking for center Bam Adebayo, guard Josh Richardson and a protected 2019 first-round pick among other requests.

Besides Miami Heat, several other teams have contacted Minnesota Timberwolves to discuss a trade including the Houston Rockets.

However, no team is yet ready to pay Timberwolves’ price for Jimmy Butler, mostly because the 29-year-old will become a free agent after this year. Another issue is that Minnesota is looking to offload center Gorgui Dieng and his $48 million contract in any potential deal.

When he asked for a trade, Butler named several teams as his preferred destinations including LA Clippers, Brooklyn Nets, and New York Knicks. Still, it remains unclear how interested these teams would be in giving assets for a player that they could sign next year for free.

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Timberwolves’ Jimmy Butler has asserted his interest in joining the Miami Heats after meeting with club executives on Wednesday.

Last Tuesday, Butler was okay with a move to the New York Knicks, the Nets or LA Clippers. A week later, the 29-year old has changed tune and is only interested in a move to South Beach. Marc Stein of the New York Times first tweeted the report.

Jimmy Butler and his agent Bernie Lee have informed Wolves ownership that Miami is Butler's preferred trade destination, league sources say

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) September 26, 2018

Funny enough, Butler once vowed never to play for the Miami Heats. But a lot can change in five years. South Beach is aggressively interested in finalizing the deal. Eight other franchises are also interested in the player now that Timberwolves’ owner Glen Taylor has made it clear he wants the All-Star forward out.

Butler will be a free agent next summer, which explains why Taylor has no issue trading the 29-year old. His contract situation also means he is more likely to get a trade deal with a team he wants compared to if he had multiple years remaining.

If Butler goes to Miami, it could greatly help South Beach improve on the Eastern Conference standings. However, it will come at the cost of a few uprising draft-picks and they don’t many of them.

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When Minnesota Timberwolves brought in Jimmy Butler last summer in a blockbuster trade with Chicago Bulls, they hoped that they would be able to sign him to a long-term contract extension. It looks like that won’t be the case since Butler reportedly wants out even before he becomes a free agent.

According to various sources around the league, Jimmy Butler and Timberwolves coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau met in Los Angeles on Tuesday where Butler asked to be traded. His preferred destinations include Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks, but he could expand his list depending on the market and team’s willingness to give him a five-year, $190 million deal.

Minnesota's Jimmy Butler has three preferred destinations for a trade, league sources tell ESPN: The Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks. Those three teams have max cap space to sign Butler as a free agent in July.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 19, 2018

While Butler openly told the Timberwolves organization that he doesn’t want to start the season in Minnesota, the team is currently determined to keep the 29-year-old for at least one more year.

Although it recently came up that Jimmy Butler is unhappy with the Minnesota Timberwolves because he doesn’t get along with team’s young star Karl-Anthony Towns, that isn’t the reason for the trade request according to sources. Instead, Butler cites his desire to play a central role in a big market team.

After his NBA career took on a slow start, Jimmy Butler ended up establishing himself as one of the league’s premier two-way players with the Chicago Bulls. He was named NBA All-Star in each of the previous four seasons while receiving four NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors, and being two-time All-NBA Third Team honoree.

After Bulls decided to go down the rebuilding route, Butler was traded to the Timberwolves in exchange for Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine and the No. 7 overall pick in 2017 NBA Draft that became Lauri Markkanen.
In his lone season in Minnesota, Butler averaged 22.2 points, 3.4 assists, and 4.9 rebounds per game.

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Miami Heat emerged as the front-runner to acquire Minnesota Timberwolves’ All-Star Jimmy Butler according to ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski. After several proposals have been rejected in the past couple of days, Heat made revised trade offer on Wednesday and are hoping they are getting close to Timberwolves’ asking price for Butler.

Heat and Timberwolves have been engaged in talks for two weeks, but are unable to find common ground just yet. Minnesota has high demands for Butler, who asked for a trade before the beginning of training camp, and would like to get a combination of useful players, young prospects and draft picks. In talks with Miami, they are reportedly asking for center Bam Adebayo, guard Josh Richardson and a protected 2019 first-round pick among other requests.

Besides Miami Heat, several other teams have contacted Minnesota Timberwolves to discuss a trade including the Houston Rockets.

However, no team is yet ready to pay Timberwolves’ price for Jimmy Butler, mostly because the 29-year-old will become a free agent after this year. Another issue is that Minnesota is looking to offload center Gorgui Dieng and his $48 million contract in any potential deal.

When he asked for a trade, Butler named several teams as his preferred destinations including LA Clippers, Brooklyn Nets, and New York Knicks. Still, it remains unclear how interested these teams would be in giving assets for a player that they could sign next year for free.

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Timberwolves’ Jimmy Butler has asserted his interest in joining the Miami Heats after meeting with club executives on Wednesday.

Last Tuesday, Butler was okay with a move to the New York Knicks, the Nets or LA Clippers. A week later, the 29-year old has changed tune and is only interested in a move to South Beach. Marc Stein of the New York Times first tweeted the report.

Jimmy Butler and his agent Bernie Lee have informed Wolves ownership that Miami is Butler's preferred trade destination, league sources say

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) September 26, 2018

Funny enough, Butler once vowed never to play for the Miami Heats. But a lot can change in five years. South Beach is aggressively interested in finalizing the deal. Eight other franchises are also interested in the player now that Timberwolves’ owner Glen Taylor has made it clear he wants the All-Star forward out.

Butler will be a free agent next summer, which explains why Taylor has no issue trading the 29-year old. His contract situation also means he is more likely to get a trade deal with a team he wants compared to if he had multiple years remaining.

If Butler goes to Miami, it could greatly help South Beach improve on the Eastern Conference standings. However, it will come at the cost of a few uprising draft-picks and they don’t many of them.

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When Minnesota Timberwolves brought in Jimmy Butler last summer in a blockbuster trade with Chicago Bulls, they hoped that they would be able to sign him to a long-term contract extension. It looks like that won’t be the case since Butler reportedly wants out even before he becomes a free agent.

According to various sources around the league, Jimmy Butler and Timberwolves coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau met in Los Angeles on Tuesday where Butler asked to be traded. His preferred destinations include Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks, but he could expand his list depending on the market and team’s willingness to give him a five-year, $190 million deal.

Minnesota's Jimmy Butler has three preferred destinations for a trade, league sources tell ESPN: The Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks. Those three teams have max cap space to sign Butler as a free agent in July.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 19, 2018

While Butler openly told the Timberwolves organization that he doesn’t want to start the season in Minnesota, the team is currently determined to keep the 29-year-old for at least one more year.

Although it recently came up that Jimmy Butler is unhappy with the Minnesota Timberwolves because he doesn’t get along with team’s young star Karl-Anthony Towns, that isn’t the reason for the trade request according to sources. Instead, Butler cites his desire to play a central role in a big market team.

After his NBA career took on a slow start, Jimmy Butler ended up establishing himself as one of the league’s premier two-way players with the Chicago Bulls. He was named NBA All-Star in each of the previous four seasons while receiving four NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors, and being two-time All-NBA Third Team honoree.

After Bulls decided to go down the rebuilding route, Butler was traded to the Timberwolves in exchange for Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine and the No. 7 overall pick in 2017 NBA Draft that became Lauri Markkanen.
In his lone season in Minnesota, Butler averaged 22.2 points, 3.4 assists, and 4.9 rebounds per game.

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