The Minnesota Timberwolves plan to extend a four-year extension offer in the $110 million range for guard/forward Jimmy Butler, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times.

Butler has been long-known to not be interested so much on the money as the potential to win, proven to be a fierce competitor over the course of his career.

The deal, if taken, would put the Timberwolves in an interesting tax situation, also pending on a Karl-Anthony Towns extension only a year removed from giving Andrew Wiggins a max deal.

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The money is starting to skyrocket for a team that has quickly gone into flirting with the luxury tax after making the postseason for the first time in 14 years.

Team president and head coach Tom Thibodeau will soon have to answer with results if he hopes to remain in ownership's good graces, now lined to have three max-level players in the roster.