Jimmy Butler was traded to the Timberwolves on draft night in 2017, which seems like forever ago but really was just 2 1/2 years in the past. The next day, Jeff Teague said back then, he told his agent he wanted to sign with the Timberwolves to team up with Butler. Not long after that, he was introduced as the Wolves' new point guard — owner of a three-year, $57 million deal bestowed upon him by basketball boss and coach Tom Thibodeau. At his news conference, one far more subdued than the Mall of America theatrics from Butler, Teague said this: "I've had an opportunity to play against Thibs and see how hard he coaches his guys and how well-coached his teams were.