The final days of Jimmy Butler’s time in Minnesota have come to light, thanks to the man himself. And it’s as interesting, if not more so, than it was portrayed in reports.

Butler, who asked to be traded in mid-September and was dealt two months later to Philadelphia, opened up about the infamous practice and what set him off in a Ringer podcast with current 76ers teammate JJ Redick.

Butler said the problem began in earnest when he was told he had to practice.

“I was like, ‘Thibs, what do I need to come in and practice for?” he said, referring to coach Tom Thibodeau. “Like, y’all are fitting to trade me, like, what’s the point of practicing? I’m going in there, getting up and down, and then I’m going to be gone in a day?’ Because it was always, ‘Ah, we’ve almost got a deal, we’ve almost got a deal, we’ve almost got a deal.’

“First of all, I have a for-real problem with authority,” Butler added. “When somebody’s telling me what to do as a grown man, I have a problem with it. So now you done lit the match, but ain’t nothin’ on fire yet. You just lit the match. I was [angry], there you go. I was on one. All because he lit the match. I would’ve been cool otherwise.”

He didn’t hold back in the practice, as he won several scrimmages playing with Timberwolves backups.

“I always talk, anyways. If you can’t tell, I’m always talking, talking about how somebody can’t guard me, or nobody can beat me,” Butler said. “I do that. That’s what I do. This time it was just a little bit different ’cause of whose team I was on and I ain’t been around, so it was just taken up a notch and it didn’t help who was watching — ownership, management, all of that good stuff.”

Reports at the time described a similar situation. But there was one detail that wasn’t included.

“I was dominating, but I only shot the ball once,” Butler said. “Dimes, boom, boom, boom. Steals, blocks. I only shot the ball one time.”