Friday Cup of Canis: Trade Talks Continue Amid Training Camp

Good morning all. Is today the day the Jimmy Butler situation gets resolved and he moves to another team?

All of the talk over the last day is about the Miami Heat as the most likely landing spot for Butler, but so far no deal has been struck, and the sense I get is that the teams are still very far apart on compensation for Butler.

As far as I can tell, the Heat have thus far not made Josh Richardson available, but instead are trying to craft a deal around guys like Dion Waiters. I understand their reluctance to trade Richardson—in their position I wouldn’t do it—but for the Wolves, nothing else really makes sense. Waiters is a negative asset for the Wolves, it would probably be better for…