>>>
>>> FOR
>>> FOR THE LAST 2-1/2 WEEKS ALL OF THE FANS OF THE
TIMBERWOLVES HAVE BEEN
WITNESSES TO THE BREAK UP
BETWEEN BUTLER AND THE TEAM.
BUT HREUR -- BUTLER IS SAYING
I AM LEAVING YOU TIMBERWOLVES,
I DON'T LOVE YOU.
AND TIMBERWOLVES IS NOT READY.
I WENT TO DAVE SWARTZ FOR
RELATIONSHIP ADVICE OUT OF THIS
MESS.
MESS.
MESS. >>
MESS. >> FOR WEEKS, THIS BUTLER SAGA
HAS GONE ON.
WHAT IS THE DEAL?
>> WELL, WE TALKED TO TOM TODAY
AND HE WAS ASKED WHAT THE
LATEST IS.
LATEST IS. AND, WITH A VERY EXAGERATED EYE
ROLE HE SAID IT IS ONGOING.
>> ONGOING BREAK UP, THOSE GO
SUPER WELL.
SUPER WELL. AS OF TODAY IT IS SO ONGOING AS
BUTLER DID NOT PRACTICE WITH
THE TEAM AND STILL IS DEMANDING
TO BE LET GO.
>> HE IS JUST NOT GOING TO JOIN
THE TEAM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE
WANTS TO BE TRADED.
TO HIS END HE DOES NOT WANT TO
PRACTICE HERE BECAUSE HE KNOWS
HE WILL NOT PLAY HERE.
AND TIMBERWOLVES DON'T WANT HIM
IN THE MIX WITH ALL OF THE
PLAYERS IF HE IS NOT GOING TO
PLAY HERE, EITHER.
>> IT MAKES IT LOOK BAD FOR
BOTH, BAD FOR THE WOLFS AND
BUTLER.
BUTLER.
BUTLER. >> AND IT MAKES IT INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT TO TRADE HIM.
YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY
NEGOTIATING FROM A LESSER
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. IF
POINT. IF I HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU
WANT AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I
WANT TO GET RID OF IT, YOU WILL
GIVE ME A LOWER OFFER.
SO, THE TIMBERWOLVES ARE TRYING
TO COMBAT THAT BY NOT SAYING
YES TO EVERY OFFER.
TO DIGGING THEIR HEELS IN.
>> FROM THE WOLF STANDPOINT,
ONE CAN UNDERSTAND THE
STUBBORNNESS OF NOT PUTTING THE
TRADING PRICE ON THE FIRE SALE
RACK.
RACK.
RACK. THE
RACK. THE TEAM GAVE UP A LOT TO GET
HIM TO PLAY HERE.
LAST SEASON, HIS ONLY WITH US,
HE DELIVERED.
HE DELIVERED. >> NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE
BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
BUTLER DOES NOT WANT TO BE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. ANTHONY CAN'T GET ALONG.
YOUR COACH AT ONE POINT SAID HE
WOULD RATHER LEAVE THAN TRADE
BUTLER.
BUTLER.
BUTLER. HE WOULD GO WITH HIM.
THIS IS NOT A RECIPE FOR
COHESIVENESS ON A TEAM OR
SUCCESS AT THIS POINT.
AT ALL.
AT ALL.
AT ALL. [MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC] >> CLEARLY THE TEAM HAS LOOKED
PRETTY BAD IN THE PRESEASON.
OUR COACH WAS BOOED AT HOME IN
A GAME.
A GAME.
A GAME. IF YOU ARE KEEPING SCORE AT
HOME IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
THE TEAM IS LOSING, BUTLER IS
LOSING, THE FANS, LOSING.
>> JIMMY BUTLER WANTS TO LEAVE
AND THE TIMBERWOLVES ARE
SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.
>> WHY?
>> WHY?
>> WHY? >> THERE ARE LOTS OF RUMORS I
AM NOT AT -- I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY ARE TRUE.
LOOK ON THE INTERNET.
YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF THINGS ON
THE INTERNET.
THE INTERNET. IF ANY OF IT IS TRUE, WE DON'T
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. IT
KNOW. IT COULD JUST BE THE GUYS ARE
NOT GETTING ALONG.
>> WELL, ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH.
>> DID DAVE SAY THEY ARE
WAITING TO GAS UP THE PRICE FOR
HIM?
HIM?
HIM? >>
HIM? >> RIGHT, THEY THOUGHT THEY
WERE GOING TO MAKE A DEAL WITH
THE MIAMI HEAT, I ASSUME OTHER
TEAMS ARE SAYING WE KNOW HE
DOES NOT WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU
AND HE IS NOT GOING TO PLAY FOR
YOU, I WILL NOT GIVE YOU WHAT
HE IS WORTH BECAUSE HE IS NOT
GOING TO PLAY FOR YOU.
THEY ARE SO MAD.
THEY HAD A DREAM TEAM OF
WIGGINS, CAT AND HIM.
THEY WANT TO GET BACK WHAT THEY
PAID FOR BUT AT SOME POINT THEY
WILL HAVE TO TAKE IT ON THE
CHIN.
CHIN.
CHIN. >>
CHIN. >> THE FACT HE DOES NOT WANT TO
BE HERE, MAKES IT A PROBLEM,
MAYBE THAT PUTS HIS VALUE DOWN.
HE DID NOT THINK THAT WAS TRUE.
BUTLER, THE NBA COACHES AND GMs
KNOWS HE WANTS TO WIN AND THEY
KNOW HE CAN MAKE THEIR TEAM WIN
FROM DAY 1.
A GUY YOU CAN BRING IN.
HE IS JUST SAYING HE DOES NOT
WANT TO PLAY HERE.
>> HE DOES NOT WANT TO PLAY
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD SEEM
LIKE DAMAGED GOODS TO ME.
MAYBE YOU THINK THAT, MAYBE YOU
HAVE IDEAS AS TO WHY THERE ALL
HAPPENING BEYOND THE INTERNET
RUMORS.
RUMORS.
RUMORS. TELL US WHAT