in the month before butler got hurt, dec 18 thru jan 18, minnesota won 12 of 17, lifting them to 3rd in the west behind houston and the warriors. over that stretch butler averaged 26/5/5/2 on 50/40/90 shooting splits, and every basketball site on the interwebz had him in their mvp top 5.

then he goes down and their scoring differential per 100 possessions drops from +10, one of the best in the league, to a +1, the same as the lakers.

these are just facts.

i actually like KAT, but fuck that loser ass nigga. dude ain't about to blame butler for everything that goes wrong with that team just because he don't like him. foh.