Point guard Jared Butler has signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Suns. The 24-year-old joins his fifth NBA team after the Philadelphia 76ers declined to pick up a $2.3 million team option on Butler's contract for the 2025-26 season. Butler moved to Philadelphia in February in a trade with the Washington Wizards and had a great time on an injury-ravaged team, averaging 11.5 points, 4.9 assists, and 1.1 steals in 24.4 minutes. Although it's unlikely he will reach the same productivity in ...

Philadelphia 76ers guard Jared Butler is getting his contract converted from a two-way to a standard, two-year NBA contract. The former second-round pick in 2021 joined the Sixers at the trade deadline in the deal that sent Reggie Jackson and a 2026 first-round pick to Washington in exchange for Butler and four second-round picks. This year has been the best Butler's young career as he's averaging 7.1 points, 2.7 assists, and 1.4 rebounds across 11.8 minutes per game. While his role isn't ...

Washington Wizards guard Bub Carrington (undisclosed) was hurt in Monday's loss to Oklahoma City. He exited the game in the middle for the final frame, heading to the locker room holding his right side. Carrington finished the contest with 14 points, two rebounds, three assists, and four turnovers. The 19-year-old rookie must recover by Thursday to avoid missing his first game of the season. Carrington's absence would put Jared Butler in a position to rejoin the regular rotation, but he's a ...

The Washington Wizards have signed guard Jared Butler to a two-way contract on Monday. The 22-year-old has spent time with both the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder. In two seasons, Butler has averaged 4.1 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 9.1 minutes per game. He looked solid in the Summer League as he averaged 20.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 4.3 assists in four appearances. He should get a chance to compete for a roster spot on the rebuilding Wizards.

Utah Jazz guard Jared Butler played a team-high 27 minutes in Wednesday's Summer League game against the Toronto Raptors. He racked up 12 points, six assists, three steals and two rebounds in the game while shooting 5-for-16 from the field and 2-for-8 from three-point range. Butler had a trainwreck of a performance in his previous outing against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. He shot just 3-for-22 in the game while going 0-for-10 from downtown. If the Jazz wind up trading both Donovan ...

Utah Jazz shooting guard Jared Butler had the green light from the tip in Thursday's Summer League defeat to Memphis, as he finished with a game-best 22 points on 8-for-21 shooting overall. Butler hoisted a whopping 15 triples, four of which found the bottom of the net. While he played a team-high 29 minutes, he also chipped in seven boards and a team-leading seven dimes. The path to regular-season playing time for the 21-year-old got massively complicated by the Rudy Gobert trade, which ...