I said this many times. It would be much easier for Rockets to make feasible trade if Ariza and Moute are still with the team. Gordon/Ariza/Moute/ 2 future picks via 3rd team,
All of this makes me not even want to follow this saga anymore. Reality is an illusion controlled by perception created by the media. I don’t know what’s real anymore.
Yeah lol Would actually love to see the Spurs trade Derozan for another Leonard just to see Butler call LMA soft before he bolts in 8 months leaving the Spurs with LMA in the same situation he left Lillard in Portland Spoiler Spoiler: Even though... LaMarcus Softridge may actually like it
Update on this. This is the guy that made the Reddit post about what happened. Said Butler really did beat the starters with the third string. Said that practice reports were leaking immediately by Butler camp and after that most of the positive spin reports were damage control attempts by the team. Other players in the locker room were shellshocked by what happened. No one stood up for Towns and he was humiliated repeatedly. Didn't score on Butler once. Said Butler was calling around other athletes to ask for suggestions on how to handle this (Mentions Kobe) Said if Butler is not traded by practice time tomorrow he will return and make an even bigger scene.
Imagine someone breaks into your house and... ....and you get your family together, huddle up, and tell everyone to keep their emotions in check.
At this point I believe Jimmy would be more than happy to re-sign with any team willing to put the pieces together to get him TF OUT of Minny. IF and only if we can get a verbal agreement from Jimmy, I'd be willing to toss in PJ.
I fear Morey is going to pull the trigger.... Not sure how I would feel if EG and THICC were gone. I guess it would depend on who else is replacing Tucker.
Butler: I haven't played basketball in so long. I'm so passionate. I love the game. I don't do it for any other reason except to compete & go up against the best to prove that I can hang. All my emotion came out at one time. Was it the right way? No but I can't control that when I'm competing. That's my love of the game. That's raw me. That's what you're gonna get inside the lines. Was it the wrong thing to do? I was honest. Was I brutally honest? Yes. Everyone is so scared to be honest. If you didn't like the way I handled myself in practice, why didn't the players come up to me? Anyone? I'm not gonna take offense. It's not personal. What did you say to Thibodeau? When we stepped into practice, I said "Thibs, I don't want to be that guy. I don't want to be the *******. I don't but if you put the ball in my hands and tell me to go up & down that court & compete, my emotions will come out all at one time." Ask one of my teammates, "Did you get better today?" Every last one of them will say "Yeah." Your two most high profile teammates, KAT & Wiggins, you got into it with them too? Everybody What did you say to them? I can't remember. I was seeing red or whatever color was in front of my eyes. It was emotion, it was passion. This is the truth: I didn't go at those two. One of them came at me. KAT came at me. We're up, he said "Anyone can get this work." I said "Do it to me." That's all I said. Every time I get switched on you, you pass it. I'm a competitor. I'm talking. Come at me. If you score on me, I'll tap you on your butt, good move, you got the best of me but you gotta do it every time. That interaction with KAT sounds good. That's what you want from him and he wants from you? Depends on how you look at it. Am I being tough on him? Yeah! That's who I am. I'm not the most talented player. Who's the most talented player on that team? That's KAT. Who's the most God-gifted? Wigs. Wigs got the longest arms, biggest hands, jump the highest & run the fastest. Who plays the hardest? Me! I play hard. I play really hard. I put my body on the line every day in practice, every day in games. That's my passion. That's how I give to the game, that's how I give to you guys. Everyone wants to talk about leadership. Everybody leads in different ways. That's how I show I'm here for you. I want you to be great. I can tell when someone is on some BS and jogging down the floor because they haven't shot the ball. I'm gonna give it to you. I know you. That's me. I know you. ... I shoot with you every day. Message trying to get across today? To play hard, that's it! Play for one another! Win! If at all costs the only reason you play this game is for these guys you suit up with. Don't do it for Thibs. Do it because you know I got your back. If you get knocked down, count on 23 to pick you up and whoever knocked you down, knock them down again. Do it. I dare you. I'm gonna be there. Fine me. Give me a T. Give me two. Throw me out the game but when my guys come into the locker room, they'll be like "I appreciate you. You had my back. Do it for them. Just win. That's the only thing. Just win." There are people it rubs the wrong way. Are some of them on your team? Probably so. Let's not get this misunderstood. I love the team I'm on. This has nothing to do with the players I play with. I know what I'll get Jeff. I know what I'll get from Wigs. I know what I'll get from KAT. I can bring the best out of each one of those guys. So if it's not them, what is it? It's that no one wants to tell the truth & be honest. When someone makes a mistake, you look the other way. Not me. If I make a mistake, tell me. If I do something you don't like, tell me. Don't be like "Hey, dadadada...". Don't talk to me like that. Talk to me like "Look, you know you're not supposed to do that!" That's how I talk to people when they do something they're not supposed to do and they're like "Woah! He doesn't like that guy." No, it's not the fact that I don't like the guy. That's how I get my point across. Should people think because you're back in practice, it's fixed or on it's way to being fixed? I think people think that. It's not. It's not fixed. Is it fixable? It could be. But do I think so? No. You gotta be honest. I'm being honest. Do I think so? No. Is everyone gonna be honest? No. If you go and say "Which one of y'all told what Jimmy said today in practice?" *Mimicking everyone looking around* "Oh, I don't know. I don't know." ... I want to win. I'm sorry if I go about it the wrong way. I really do apologize. You feel strongly there is no fit here? Everyone is really, really, really positive about the whole thing but I know the truth. I know the truth, the whole truth. We talked about it. Everyone may not want to say it but you know it. I can tell whenever you're stuttering & gathering your words. If it's the truth, boom, it's coming out right away. You don't need to think about how to say it. Whenever you're thinking about how to beat around the point when I ask if this is water and you say it's not fruit punch. Well obviously. The answer is water. So all this stuff comes out & Thibs feels we can fix this. You guys are having some conversations. What is he communicating to you as this goes on? That everything is moving along. We know where your mind is at, we're doing everything we can, yadayadayada. But I went into practice today & I competed. Right now, I know Thibs. He's in there by himself, he locked his door & is smiling. He's laughing. Thibs, I know you man! You think he's happy with what happened today? Yeah! Thibs likes confronation. He might not tell y'all, he likes it. Hey, look how much energy was in the gym! So what if you want to call it negative energy! Look, look at the best he brought out in his teammates. That's the thing the team misses. They miss my fire. Young guys are like "Whoa! That's what he is? That's the energy he brings?" That's the truth. It's my energy.
So thibs likes what he saw today. Is butler staying now? He says in his interview he likes his teammates and he tells the truth. Which one is the lie?
Ahhh. Didn’t understand your angle. I don’t know how hard or soft KAT is. But I don’t know if it’s fair to label him that way because of his first playoff appearance. Capela was beasting. Capela outplayed Gobert too, it wasn’t just KAT. Not targeting you specifically but people laughing at KAT for today are just ridiculous. If I was on a team and a teammate of mine comes in after being absent and has a reporter lined up and yapping at the mouth at everyone including the suits, I’d be more like “huh?!? what the hell is wrong with this dude?” People are making it sound like Jimmy asked KAT to fight and he responded “please no”
