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Chicago Bulls Recieve: PG Kris Dunn, PF/C Jordan Hill, SG Zach LaVine, No. 7 pick

Minnesota Timberwolves Receive: SG/SF Jimmy Butler, PG Cameron Payne

Jimmy Butler and Tom Thibodeau, Take 2. Or is it Take 3?

The Timberwolves showed interest in dealing for Butler ahead of last year's draft when they owned the No. 5 pick and Thibs wasn't yet two months into his coach-president title, per ESPN.com's Marc Stein and Chad Ford. Another year of separation has not quelled curiosity. Minnesota is revisiting the bargaining table despite Chicago's "elevated" asking price, according to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Any deal this time around will look a lot like last season's framework—starting with one of Zach LaVine or Andrew Wiggins in addition to Kris Dunn (ergo, a top-five pick). But where routine filler might've pushed that trade through the first time around, it's not enough now.

Both LaVine and Wiggins are extension-eligible, and it's hard for the Bulls to view either of them as viable rebuilding pieces when they're one year out from commanding max or near-max money. The No. 7 pick is a necessary inclusion, especially with Lavine working his way back from a torn ACL.

Accepting this package allows the Bulls to induce reset, even with Dwyane Wade informing them he'll pick up his $23.8 million option for 2017-18, per Goodwill. Only $3 million of Rajon Rondo's contract is guaranteed, so they can pay him to go away and immediately slide Dunn into the starting point guard spot alongside a healthy LaVine and whomever they draft at No. 7. Jonathan Isaac or Jayson Tatum are the preferable fits if one of them falls that far.

Butler turns the Timberwolves into an instant postseason contender—for real this time. He'll lead fast breaks, stroke threes off passes from Wiggins, Ricky Rubio and Karl-Anthony Towns and bring All-Defense credentials to a roster that desperately needs it.

Adding Butler to the books does eat into the Timberwolves' cap space, but they'll have enough left over to sign another impact free agent. They just waived Nikola Pekovic, and his $11.6 million salary for 2017-18 is expected to be wiped from their ledger. Parlay that cap space into a second established contributor, and the Timberwolves' rebuild gets kicked into hyperdrive.