SAN FRANCISCO – Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau was smiling and joking with media members after the Wolves’ practice in San Francisco at the University of California San Francisco.
It was the happiest Thibodeau seemed since the Wolves began training camp without Jimmy Butler, who requested a trade last week.
Thibodeau, however, didn’t much feel like talking about Butler, preferring to talk about the “players who are here.”
Thibodeau indicated, however, that Butler’s trade request hasn’t much affected their relationship.
“That’s the NBA. That’s part of everyone’s job,” Thibodeau said. “Don’t allow yourself to be distracted.