Last week, it became known that Jimmy Butler had requested a trade out of the Minnesota Timberwolves organization. Earlier this year, he was reportedly upset with the nonchalant manner of the team’s younger players, including rising star Karl Anthony-Towns. Butler thought Towns was focusing too much on statistics and not winning, and there was clearly a dispute between the pair.

Just two days ago, Towns inked a 5-year, $190 million dollar contract extension. At just 22 years old, it is now clear that he is viewed as the franchise’s centerpiece. This gives Butler even more reason to want to depart, and he has let the team know his prime destinations – in Los Angeles with the Clippers or in New York with either the Knicks or Nets.

While he would be a perfect fit on any of those rosters, clearly not everything works out in the professional business that is the NBA. The two-way stud and four-time All-Star would work in a lot of places though, and here are his three other best options.

Toronto Raptors

If Jimmy Butler went to the Raptors, The North would arguably be the best team in the Eastern Conference. They would have the top two dual-way players (Kawhi Leonard) in the entire league, and with their strong bench and young guns they could topple the Celtics. He would honestly fit in so well, and Toronto should be able to afford him. If they could come up with a fair trade and send both a few draft picks and Kyle Lowry, it’d make Toronto an immediate threat.

Philadelphia 76ers

This is a team most people haven’t really considered, but it is a fantastic fit in all honesty. Imagine a starting lineup with Ben Simmons, Jimmy Butler, and Joel Embiid. If Philadelphia sent a pick or two along with either J.J. Redick or Robert Covington, this might work (financially as well, as they could probably able to pay him. That lineup would be scary, and their styles of play would mold together extremely well. The 76ers would emerge as one of the East’s best, and potentially see a Finals birth.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Once again, this is a sleeper option for Butler. The Thunder have some good trade pieces in Dennis Schröder and Patrick Patterson, who are getting paid more than $20 million combined this year. If they swapped them and a pick, Butler would work alongside Russell Westbrook and Paul George perfectly. Oklahoma City would become even more of a contender with starpower like that.

Earlier this morning, Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook went under the knife for arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. The operation will put him out for the entire NBA preseason, and he might even miss the first few games of the regular season.

In four weeks he will be re-evaluated, right in time for the tip-off matchup of the Thunder versus Golden State. While there’s no rush to get him back as soon as possible, it’s obvious the former league MVP is a difference maker.

Over the past week, Westbrook reportedly suffered from knee stiffness. He decided to undergo a normal scope surgery now, with the purpose of avoiding any injuries later in the season.

It’s been almost five years since he’s had any knee issues, going all the way back to the 2013 playoffs that led to a trio of surgeries in less than a year.

Now 29 years old, the point guard has been named an All-Star seven times, a member of the All-NBA Second Team five times, and a member of the All-NBA First Team twice. He’s also made history a multitude of times, becoming the only player other than Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double over a season and the only ever to do it twice.