Jimmy Butler’s name has been an infamous one for the Minnesota Timberwolves this offseason. He’s been rumored to not want to play with his younger teammates due to their nonchalant attitudes (which many believe to be true), and also he predictably didn’t re-sign his contract extension for 4-years $110 million.
While the regular fan may look at those two as a correlation, they aren’t. Butler is able to gain another $78 million during the 2019 summer.
Unfortunately you have accounts like the one below perpetuating unnecessary Jimmy Butler rumors:
While a possible 5-year $188 million extension next summer might sound amazing to Butler, it also might not sound that great.