

Jimmy Butler became a fan favourite in Minnesota the minute he became a member of the Timberwolves on the night of the 2017 NBA Draft.



The #Bulls have traded Jimmy #Butler and the rights to Justin Patton to the #Twolves in exchange for Zach #LaVine, Kris Dunn and the rights to Lauri Markkanen. #NBADraft A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Jun 22, 2017 at 7:01pm PDT

The trade shocked just about everyone, including Butler and his personal trainer Travelle Gaines, but Butler has acted like a true professional since the deal.



On Thursday afternoon, the three-time NBA All-Star was introduced to the Minnesota media and he won over every single Timberwolves fan by giving out his cell phone number during his press conference.



#JimmyButler gave out his number at his introductory press conference so if anyone has any complaints, they can now give him a call. (Via @espn) A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Jun 29, 2017 at 11:20am PDT

Butler was even FaceTiming people 😂😂 . #Repost @JimmyButler: taking all calls 😂😂 and y'all thought it was a game! A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Jun 29, 2017 at 3:44pm PDT

Aside from giving out his number, Butler also mentioned that he was going to work hard this offseason to try to recruit free agents to join him in Minnesota.





According to SiriusXM’s Mitch Lawrence, Butler started recruiting players to join the Bulls while he was still with Chicago and one of the players he’s been heavily recruiting is three-time NBA All-Star Kyle Lowry.

Lawrence recently went on The Dan Barreiro Show on KFAN and went into more detail about what Butler and the T-Wolves are trying to do this offseason.

(Start around the 39:45 mark)



It turns out that acquiring Butler gave the Timberwolves’ staff some confidence and has motivated them to go after more players of Butler’s caliber.

Butler and Lowry spent plenty of time together last summer at the Summer Olympics in Brazil, so there’s a possibility that the T-Wolves could land the 31-year-old point guard now that the Houston Rockets have Chris Paul.



Well you can cross the Rockets off of the 'Where could Kyle Lowry end up?' list — Kayla Grey (@Kayla_Grey) June 28, 2017

(H/T SLAM Online)