Better without Jimmy Butler? The Timberwolves believe they are

[ASFN Admin]

Now that one of the NBA's biggest divas, Jimmy Butler, has taken his act to Philadelphia, Tom Thibodeau is hoping his team can get back to playing winning basketball. Finally free of the Butler drama, Minnesota has gone 4-2 since the trade with a line-up built around young max-contract players Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, plus a rejuvenated Derrick Rose coming off the bench. It's hard to say whether the Timberwolves can make a 2nd straight trip to the playoffs after their 4-9 start, but you can count on Thibodeau working 24/7 to give his team the best chance to get back to the postseason and maybe save his dual jobs of head coach and President of Basketball Operations in the process.

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