Landon Buford
The Houston Rockets are making a strong to push to acquire All-Star forward Jimmy “Buckets” Butler form the Minnesota Timberwolves according to Mark Berman of Fox26Houston,com.
As you all may know Butler requested that he be traded from the Timberwolves, also earlier this week ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Miami is his preferred destination. This doesn’t mean that this is the only team he will play for, but he does want the is whole saga to end soon.
NBA sources confirm the #Rockets are making a strong effort to land Jimmy Butler in a trade with Minnesota.
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) September 28, 2018
Sources: Phoenix did check w/ Minnesota on cost of getting involved on a Jimmy Butler trade, but asking price was far too steep for Suns. So far, there’s been no communication on Teague or Dragic in a 3-way, but that could always change if Miami-Minnesota go deeper into talks. https://t.co/djW3tdMyNL
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 26, 2018
Brandon Robinson of Scoop B Radio also earlier this week reported that the Rockets were prepared to put together a trade package that would be featured around Eric Gordon and some fillers for Butler. Gordon will be a free agent after the upcoming season and he is a piece that would fit nicely in the Timberwolves rotation. At this time it is unclear if PJ Tucker will be included in those trade talks. We will keep up dated on this as it develops
Just to clarify last tweet….Rockets are prepared to make a trade offer for Jimmy Butler in a package centered on Eric Gordon and some fillers. #minnesotatimberwolves #HoustonRockets pic.twitter.com/k03y6Goegq
— Brandon Robinson (@ScoopB) September 23, 2018
