The Timberwolves have lots of ways they can address Butler’s angst with the franchise. They cannot take these two paths.

Jimmy Butler will reportedly meet with Timberwolves management on Monday. The fate of the franchise hangs in the balance. No pressure.

Per The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the meeting is intended to get all of Butler’s cards on the table with Tom Thibodeau and general manager Scott Layden. Butler is on track to become an unrestricted free agent in July 2019, having come to Minnesota via trade a year ago.

This is an in-depth look at DeMarcus Cousins’ offensive skill set, and how he can use those skills to excel in the Warriors’ vaunted offensive system.

With those four simple words, DeMarcus Cousins declared that he was going to be a Warrior. Dub Nation rejoiced and laughed at the absurdity of it all — the best center in the NBA was about to join them for a measly $5.3 million.

NBA star LeBron James’ move to Los Angeles Lakers mean the entire side must step up, says Kyle Kuzma.

NBA icon LeBron James has recently completed his move to Los Angeles Lakers, leaving Cleveland Cavaliers for a second time after four successful years.

Most people have assumed (probably correctly) that the Lakers are planning to have LeBron James be a key option as a small ball five, but it seems like the team might also look at Kyle Kuzma in those lineups during the preseason.

The Los Angeles Lakers obviously nailed the offseason by signing LeBron James. The team could’ve signed the rest of this website’s staff in the rest of free agency and still would have merited a B+ at worst for their summer. And Anthony plays like this.

Minnesota Timberwolves guard and 2019 free agent Jimmy Butler has been tangentially linked to the Los Angeles Lakers a few times, but never concretely enough to warrant as much attention as the Kawhi Leonard or Paul George rumors over the last year.

That might be set to change, as Jon Krawczynski of the Athletic is reporting that Butler plans to meet with Timberwolves management to “have honest conversations about the All-Star’s future with the team,” and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN followed that up with a report that the Timberwolves might trade Butler instead of losing him for nothing:

Rival executives believe that Butler could come available on the market by the February trade deadline if Minnesota fears that it will lose him for nothing in July free agency.

The supermax has worked for some teams ... but not for everyone.

The NBA created a new type of contract in its 2017 labor deal in direct response to Kevin Durant’s decision to leave the Thunder for the Warriors a year prior. This was officially called the Designated Veteran Contract, but we call it the supermax.

This summer, Kyrie Irving rehabbed his knee, promoted his movie, and dodged questions about his future in Boston. And now, he’s finally playing basketball again.

Kyrie the disgruntled young star. Kyrie the oft-injured phenom. Kyrie the Game 7 absentee. Kyrie the movie star. Kyrie the non-committed. Uncle Drew. The shoe salesman. The Flat-earther. The handle. The weirdo. Kyrie Irving is a lot of things and this fall, he’ll finally get to be the two things that we’ve all been waiting for: a basketball player and more importantly, a Celtic.

Season host National University had no other than three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry to lead the traditional athletes’ oath of sportsmanship during the glittering opening ceremonies on Saturday, September 8 at the Mall of Asia Arena.