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Saying, "I will let them know," unhappy Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler declared Friday night in Minnesota's next two games would be determined by … him.
"They do not know how my body feels," Butler said after scoring 21 points in the Timberwolves' 116-99 loss Friday to the Warriors (per ESPN). "So if I'm nicked up, then you can count on that I do not know we'll see how it goes."
Minnesota's next two games are back-to-back: Sunday at the Blazers Trail and Monday at the Clippers.
Butler's distaste for the Timberwolves has been an ongoing, drama-filled nightmare for the team. He wants out of the Land of 10,000 Lakes and has made his life to make life miserable for the team, hoping his actions can expedite the process. So far, it has not.
He sat out Wednesday night against the Jazz because, as he told ESPN's Rachel Nicholshis "body was hurting."
Butler has appeared in seven of the Timberwolves' nine games, averaging 22.3 points and 34 minutes per game. Minnesota is 4-5, last in the Northwest Division.
How much of Butler's "availability" is affected by his desire to leave the Timberwolves vs. Butler until his situation is resolved.
"I'm not worried about a deal," Butler said, per ESPN. "Injury or not, I get to take care of myself." But if I'm in the right to my body to go out there and do it, I do not want to get hurt I've been hurt every year, so we're going to take things with bail. "
But when pressed by reporters, he added: "Stop asking me questions about if I'm going to sit out or not. but if I do, then I do not know what to do with a lot of made-up stuff like y'all normally do. "
Butler, 29, is in his eighth NBA season.
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