Andrew Wiggins' brother reacts to Jimmy Butler trade request: 'Hallelujah'
Rumors about Jimmy Butler having a strained relationship with Timberwolves teammate Andrew Wiggins were all but confirmed to be true Wednesday thanks to a tweet from Wiggins' brother.
Nick Wiggins, Andrew's older brother who plays basketball professionally in Canada, responded to a report of Jimmy Butler requesting a trade with a tweet that said nothing more than "Hallelujah."
He's since deleted the tweet, but not before we nabbed a screen shot of it.
It was reported earlier this summer that Butler doesn't like Wiggins' work-ethic and his approach to playing defense, two areas of focus that have helped turn Butler into one of the best players in the NBA.
For the Wolves, "Hallelujah" is about the last thing worth shouting because it's looking very likely that the Wolves have basically given away Zach Lavine, Kris Dunn and the No. 7 pick in last year's draft (another stud, Lauri Markkanen) for one year of Butler and the oft-injured Justin Patton.
🤦🏽♂️
— Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) September 19, 2018
It's going to go down as a brutal trade unless the Wolves can get something very good in return for Butler if they trade him.
Follow Bring Me The Sports on Twitter for the latest breaking sports news.
Title: Bring Me The Sports co-owner, editor Email: joe@bringmethenews.com Twitter: @JoeBMTN Education: Southwest Minnesota State University Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Expertise: All things Minnesota sports Nelson has covered Minnesota sports for two decades, starting his media career in sports radio. He worked at small market Minnesota stations in Marshall and St. Cloud before joining one of the nation's highest-rated sports stations, KFAN-FM 100.3 in the Twin Cities. There, he was the producer of the top-rated mid-morning sports show with Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen. His radio experience helped blossom a career as a sports writer, joining Minneapolis-based Bring Me The News in 2011. Nelson and Adam Uren became co-owners of Bring Me The News in 2018 and have since more than tripled the site's traffic and launched Bring Me The Sports in cooperation with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation umbrella. Nelson has covered the Super Bowl and numerous training camps, NFL combines, the MLB All-Star Game and Minnesota playoff games, in addition to the day-to-day happenings on and off the field of play. Nelson also has extensive knowledge of non-sports subjects, including news and weather. He works closely with Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard to produce a bevy of weather and climate information for Minnesota readers. Nelson helped launch and manage the Bring Me The News Radio Network, which provided more than 50 radio stations around Minnesota with daily news, sports and weather reports from 2011-17.