Jimmy Butler was finally traded Saturday, from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Ringer NBA crew is breaking down the ramifications of the deal on all sides, from how it’ll affect Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid in Philly to what it means for Tom Thibodeau, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Andrew Wiggins in Minny, to how the ripple effects will spread throughout the association.
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November 14, 2018
Fitting Jimmy Butler in Is Going to Be a Process
It took five years and a whole lot of losses for Philly to find its Big Three. But the fourth quarter of Butler’s Sixers debut showed the team still has a long way to go to sort out its new reality.
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November 14, 2018
A Close Reading of Jimmy Butler’s First Day on the Job in Philadelphia
Comparing what the disgruntled superstar said at his opening press conferences with the Timberwolves and 76ers
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November 12, 2018
Did Jimmy Butler Get What He Wanted?
Now that the swingman is playing for a contender and will be eligible to sign a five-year deal in Philly after the season, it seems like he left a disastrous situation for an optimal one. But if Butler doesn’t jell with the Sixers, this move could be costly next summer.
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November 12, 2018
The Butler Trade, Dallas Survives, Trubisky Groupies, and Week 11 Lines With Cousin Sal
Cousin Sal joins Bill to discuss the Minnesota Timberwolves trading Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers
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November 12, 2018
The East Is Where the Wild Things Are
The Eastern Conference is sparing no expense to try to take LeBron James’s vacant crown. With Jimmy Butler now in Philly, the "Leastern Conference" is suddenly filled with some of the best, most compelling teams in the NBA.
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November 11, 2018
Jimmy Butler Is a Sixer
It finally happened. Breaking down the long-awaited trade, and what it means for Philly and Minnesota
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November 11, 2018
Losing Jimmy Butler Gives Wolves (and Their Coach) a Chance to Refresh
Saturday’s trade was a blow to Tom Thibodeau’s tribute to his Chicago glory days, but it could finally force a coach stuck in the past to maximize a team built around their state-of-the-art center.
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November 10, 2018
How Jimmy Butler Meshes With the Sixers’ Young Stars
Philly now joins Golden State as the only teams with three of the NBA’s top 20 players. It can all work out, with a little creativity from the coaching staff.
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November 10, 2018
Jimmy Butler’s Arrival in Philly Signals the End of the Process
The controversial team-building strategy was supposed to develop young talent while accumulating enough assets to acquire a star player. The Sixers got their star. But is Butler the right addition to the locker room? And what does the deal mean for the franchise going forward?
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November 10, 2018
The Winners and Losers of Jimmy Butler’s Trade to the Sixers
After weeks of blowups, rumors, and passive-aggressive rest days, the Timberwolves dealt their irascible superstar to Philly for a package headlined by Dario Saric and Robert Covington