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Butler has requested an exchange this summer, but is expected to line up for the Timberwolves early in the new NBA season.

The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers started the new campaign last night and the Golden State Warriors champions began their defense with a win over the Thunder.

The Timberwolves will face the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night (Thursday morning, English time) and Butler should play.

Taylor claims that the team and Butler have agreed to prepare and play normally while seeking an exchange.

"The latest to date, he's going to train every day, as he has been, and plans to play games," said Taylor at the Star Tribune, which he owns.

"He will be a regular team player, and what I have said to him in the meantime is our general manager, Scott Layden, who will talk to other teams to find out what he is doing. there is an exchange that works. "

And when asked if Butler would play with the maximum effort, he said: "Butler said that was the only way he knew how to do it."

Butler would enter a free agency next summer, but he is ready to act sooner.

And Taylor reveals that they agreed to let him go if a suitable exchange package was offered.

"It's not part of the plan, but as you know, things can change," Taylor said. "But that's not what we agreed to."

NBA Specialist Jeff Van Gundy says the transfer to the Miami Heat failed during the term of the proposed contract.

"I'm not at all convinced that every team, like Miami, is not convinced [give him a five-year deal], Said Van Gundy at MVP247.

"I'm not convinced, as it looks like, Houston did it for Chris Paul, but I think Houston, two things, Houston is and was closer to a league than Miami and, second Instead, I think Chris Paul will fall. as one of the greatest of all time.

"So I'm not convinced that every team that will trade or who ends up trading for Jimmy Butler will feel it is necessary to give it five years.

"I really think that there will be negotiations. I think the only team that is going to pay him five years right now is the one with him. "