Back in 2018, the Minnesota Timberwolves were the ultimate soap opera of the NBA.
We all remember the infamous practice. Jimmy Butler rolling up with the third-stringers, screaming "You can't win without me!" and completely terrorizing Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins before doing an interview about it an hour later.
Fast forward to today, and the basketball gods decided to pull the ultimate plot twist.
Since that legendary blowup, Andrew Wiggins went to Golden State and locked down an NBA championship in 2022 with the Warriors.
Jeff Teague casually secured his ring with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021 before riding off into the sunset of podcast royalty.
Even KAT, the guy Jimmy slammed the hardest for not being a winner, finally broke through and got his ring with the Knicks.
Meanwhile, the man who started it all, the ultimate competitor who left because he wanted to win more than anyone else on that roster?
Jimmy Butler is still ringless.
We gotta keep it real and give credit where credit is due though.
Jimmy's resume isn't empty because of a lack of effort. He dragged the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals twice through sheer, unadulterated willpower and historic playoff performances.
But he left empty-handed both times.
He was supposed to be the one who proved everyone wrong, yet the exact guys he called out are the ones walking around with championship jewelry.
You can't make this stuff up. The Wolves drama scattered them across the league, only for the "soft" guys to finish the story first.
NBA history really is a circle, and right now, Jimmy is the only one left standing outside the circle looking in.