Jimmy Butler went in on his Minnesota Timberwolves teammates, coaches and other high-ups in the team during a practice session on Wednesday. And it must have been ugly.

The wantaway shooting guard has been the subject of trade talks between the T-Wolves and the Miami Heat for the past few weeks but Tom Thibodeau is doing all he can to stall the move.

This week, it was reported that Butler had returned to Minnesota to reiterate his desire to leave. But they should have known better than to actually let him practice with the rest of team given the way things have unfolded so far.

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According to NBA guru Adrian Wojnarowski, Butler made quite the scene during Wednesday's team scrimmage, making targets of teammates Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins as he refused to play on the same side as them and actually beat them by leading a band of the team's third stringers.

He is also quoted as telling the team's general manager Scott Layden: "You f--king need me, Scott. You can't win without me."

Later that day, Butler spoke to ESPN's Rachel Nichols in a candid interview and told her he was simply being honest.

"I think that I was honest," the player explained. "Was I brutally honest? Yes. But I think that's the problem. Everybody's so scared to be honest with one another.

"If you didn't like the way that I handled myself in practice, one of the players come up to me. Somebody say something. Anybody. I'm not going to take offense. It's not personal. 'Jimmy, you shouldn't have done that.' 'Yeah, you probably right.' I would have said, 'I ain't hooped in I don't know how long.'

"I'm passionate about it. I love the game, and I love to win. And that's all I was out there doing, was competing."

The 29-year-old guard admitted that he probably went about expressing himself the wrong way yet claimed that he can't control his emotions when on the court.

"All my emotion came out at one time," he said. "Was it the right way to do it? No. But I can’t control that when I’m out there competing. That’s my love of the game. That’s raw me. Me at my finest, me at my purest. That’s what you’re going to get inside the lines."

Thibodeau, meanwhile, has applauded Butler's outburst - strangely - also claiming he's out to do what's best for his team.

"We’re always going to do what’s best for the team," the head coach said. "That’s the important thing for everyone to understand, and if that means he’s here, then he’ll be here."

"If he’s here, or he’s somewhere else, once he gets there or he’s here, he’s going to give you everything he has," Thibodeau said. "He’s a competitor."

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