Trade Grades: Wolves Fleece Bulls In Jimmy Butler Blockbuster

[60WinTim]

Maybe Rubio is Thibs' leverage in talking with teams. It gets the door open, and then the other team thinks they are forcing Thibs to trade the guy he didn't want to trade as much as Rubio. They think they got the advantage, but in reality, Thibs "mind-game" got him what he really wanted...

[BloopOracle]

Maybe Rubio is Thibs' leverage in talking with teams. It gets the door open, and then the other team thinks they are forcing Thibs to trade the guy he didn't want to trade as much as Rubio. They think they got the advantage, but in reality, Thibs "mind-game" got him what he really wanted...

Wouldn't be surprised, before he was just patient and shrewd but now his one move is a blockbuster win. With how obsessive he is he has probably come up with all kinds of ridiculous smokescreens lol

[Phenom]

I think Ainge knows what he's doing and he has the track record to prove it. The fact that Ainge seems to have had little interest in adding Butler makes me even more concerned about the deal Thibs just made.

Ainge is making it seem like their wealth of assets is making it harder to make a deal. Teams are more demanding of them. Poor Danny. I feel awful. I don't believe for a second that he didn't want Butler. He probably knows he has Hayward in his back pocket and his coach really wants that.

[Monster]

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1581665

For those here who love drama and the human condition, I can't recommend more highly the 68 pages on the Bulls RealGM board lamenting the trade...it's pure gold! Here are the stages of grief they went through:

1) OMG, we're trading Butler for Dunn, Zach and #7...what a disaster. Well, at least there may be good players available at 7 and 16, but it's still a terrible idea.

2) What, we gave up 16 too...that can't possibly be true. Show me some proof!!!!

3) Oh fuck...we gave up 16 too. I'm now officially no longer a Bulls fan.

4) But maybe we really like Isaac, and he drops to 7. Anything but that unathletic Finn.

5) We drafted Markkenen? You gotta be kidding...please keep me away from any open windows!

I bailed after page 16, but I may finish up later. More evidence that we fleeced them...you will actually feel sorry for Chicago after reading this!

The hilarious thing was Inwas on ththe ledge for about 15 minutes after learning of this trade. Fans are funny aren't we? Lol

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

I think Ainge knows what he's doing and he has the track record to prove it. The fact that Ainge seems to have had little interest in adding Butler makes me even more concerned about the deal Thibs just made.

Ainge is making it seem like their wealth of assets is making it harder to make a deal. Teams are more demanding of them. Poor Danny. I feel awful. I don't believe for a second that he didn't want Butler. He probably knows he has Hayward in his back pocket and his coach really wants that.

Hayward or Butler....easy answer for me, I don't get it.....

[secrules [enjin:16612023]]

Anybody that doesn't love this trade is insane. Absolute steal. Couln't be happier.

[Monster]

JVG was on Barreiro today. The biggest thing that stuck out was when Dan said that the young guys got along great and now Butler comes in and how would that all play out. JVG said he doesn't know if those guys got along well off the court or had great chemistry off the court but he said they didn't on the court. They didn't make each other better. They didn't make winning plays. He said he hopes there is some conflict because you need some of that. He said Butler had to work his way up he wasn't a #1 overall pick. I have to agree with him.

Another thing he said that was interesting that Dan fleshed out was he mentioned how media can be fooled by what players coaches say but players and coaches aren't fooled. He said guys have to actually do the right things and commit to it. Dan thought that could easily be an indirect reference to Espcially Towns saying stuff but not really doing the things defensively he needs to do.

JVG led with saying emphatically the Wolves just traded for their best player period. It's very tough to argue with that and yes this team should be much betterthis year just adding Butler. He is a better player than anyone they had on the roster last year probably by healthy margin yes even Towns.

[Coolbreeze44]

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1581665

For those here who love drama and the human condition, I can't recommend more highly the 68 pages on the Bulls RealGM board lamenting the trade...it's pure gold! Here are the stages of grief they went through:

1) OMG, we're trading Butler for Dunn, Zach and #7...what a disaster. Well, at least there may be good players available at 7 and 16, but it's still a terrible idea.

2) What, we gave up 16 too...that can't possibly be true. Show me some proof!!!!

3) Oh fuck...we gave up 16 too. I'm now officially no longer a Bulls fan.

4) But maybe we really like Isaac, and he drops to 7. Anything but that unathletic Finn.

5) We drafted Markkenen? You gotta be kidding...please keep me away from any open windows!

I bailed after page 16, but I may finish up later. More evidence that we fleeced them...you will actually feel sorry for Chicago after reading this!

Great post LST, made me LOL

[Coolbreeze44]

JVG was on Barreiro today. The biggest thing that stuck out was when Dan said that the young guys got along great and now Butler comes in and how would that all play out. JVG said he doesn't know if those guys got along well off the court or had great chemistry off the court but he said they didn't on the court. They didn't make each other better. They didn't make winning plays. He said he hopes there is some conflict because you need some of that. He said Butler had to work his way up he wasn't a #1 overall pick. I have to agree with him.

Another thing he said that was interesting that Dan fleshed out was he mentioned how media can be fooled by what players coaches say but players and coaches aren't fooled. He said guys have to actually do the right things and commit to it. Dan thought that could easily be an indirect reference to Espcially Towns saying stuff but not really doing the things defensively he needs to do.

JVG led with saying emphatically the Wolves just traded for their best player period. It's very tough to argue with that and yes this team should be much betterthis year just adding Butler. He is a better player than anyone they had on the roster last year probably by healthy margin yes even Towns.

He may be the best player today, but I don't think that's going to be the case for very long. At least I hope not for the benefit of our championship chances.

[Monster]

JVG was on Barreiro today. The biggest thing that stuck out was when Dan said that the young guys got along great and now Butler comes in and how would that all play out. JVG said he doesn't know if those guys got along well off the court or had great chemistry off the court but he said they didn't on the court. They didn't make each other better. They didn't make winning plays. He said he hopes there is some conflict because you need some of that. He said Butler had to work his way up he wasn't a #1 overall pick. I have to agree with him.

Another thing he said that was interesting that Dan fleshed out was he mentioned how media can be fooled by what players coaches say but players and coaches aren't fooled. He said guys have to actually do the right things and commit to it. Dan thought that could easily be an indirect reference to Espcially Towns saying stuff but not really doing the things defensively he needs to do.

JVG led with saying emphatically the Wolves just traded for their best player period. It's very tough to argue with that and yes this team should be much betterthis year just adding Butler. He is a better player than anyone they had on the roster last year probably by healthy margin yes even Towns.

He may be the best player today, but I don't think that's going to be the case for very long. At least I hope not for the benefit of our championship chances.

I agree. I just think some people myself included didn't really realize just how good Butler was last year. Other players got plenty of headlines (and rightly so) but Butler was fantastic and that was with a roster that didn't exactly compliment him.