12/19/2023 0 Comments Rachel nichols jimmy butler interview![]() ![]() Who's the most god-gifted player on our team? Wigs. Who's the most talented player on our team? KAT. Am I being tough on him? Yeah! Yeah, that's who I am. You got the best of me - but you got to do it every time. If you score on me, I'm gonna tap you on your butt. ![]() I said, "Every time I get switched out onto you, you pass it." I'm a competitor, I'm in here talking, come at me. We're up in practice and he said, "Anybody can get this work!" I said, "Do it to me." That's all that I said. And to tell you the truth, this is the truth. Whatever color was in front of my eyes, I was - it was emotion, it was passion. Nichols: Well, look, your two most high-profile teammates - KAT and Andrew Wiggins - according to this, you got into it with them today too.īutler: I can't remember exactly. I went into practice today and I competed. I love the game and I love to win." And that's all I was out there doing. "Jimmy, you shouldn't have done that." "Yeah, you probably right," and I would've said, "I ain't hooped in I don't know how long. I'm not gonna take it as offense, it's not personal. If you didn't like the way I handled myself in practice, one of the players come up to me. Everybody's so scared to be honest with one another. Nichols: So do you think it was the wrong thing to do, or was it an OK thing to do?īutler: I think that I was honest. That's what you're going to get inside the lines. That's my love of the game, that's raw me. But I can't control that when I'm out there competing. A lot of it is true, but you got to think, I haven't played basketball in so long and I'm so passionate and I love the game and I don't do it for any other reason except to compete and to go up against the best to try and prove I can hang. Nichols: You returned to practice for the first time with the Wolves, and I'm just gonna read a little bit of Adrian Wojnarowski's report on what happened there, that you were loud, emotional, passionate, targeting coach Tom Thibodeau, teammates like Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, that you told GM Scott Layden quote: "You f-ing need me." How would you describe what happened today?īutler: A lot of it's true. ![]() An edited transcript of the interview appears below: On Wednesday, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler sat down for an interview with ESPN's Rachel Nichols to discuss returning to practice, his relationship with head coach Tom Thibodeau and his future with the organization. Q&A: Jimmy Butler on what has gone wrong with the Timberwolves You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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